Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tipos y estructuras oracionales
English translation:
clause types and structures
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
Jan 8, 2012 19:26
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term
tipos y estructuras oracionales
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
This is part of a subheading in a text dealing with subordination and subordinate clauses in complex sentences.
The complete title I am translating is: La subordinación, tipos y estructuras oracionales.
I thought to translate it as: Subordination, types and structure of clauses.
I am doubtful however because although in Spanish we can talk about "oraciones subordinadas", in English we talk about "subordinate clauses" and "complex sentences". But the Spanish wording says "estructuras oracionales", so I thought I might be missing something.
Thanks in advance.
The complete title I am translating is: La subordinación, tipos y estructuras oracionales.
I thought to translate it as: Subordination, types and structure of clauses.
I am doubtful however because although in Spanish we can talk about "oraciones subordinadas", in English we talk about "subordinate clauses" and "complex sentences". But the Spanish wording says "estructuras oracionales", so I thought I might be missing something.
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | clause types and structures |
Charles Davis
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| 3 | Subordination, types and clausal structures. |
DLyons
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| 3 | sentence types and structures |
David Hollywood
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Change log
Jan 18, 2012 21:05: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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clause types and structures
I am sure that "oracionales" qualifies both "tipos" and "estructuras". "Clause" is normally used adjectivally in these situations; "clause types" and "clause structures" are both standard expressions.
It is difficult to decide whether "oracionales" refers to the level of the sentence or the clause, but I think it is much more likely to be the latter in the context of subordination. "Clause structure" can include both the structure of the individual clause and the structure of the sentence in terms of the clauses of which it is composed.
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-08 19:43:37 GMT)
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"Grammar
How have you adapted the grammar of your texts for your audience? Think of such things as
* clause types and structures,
* use of simple, compound and complex sentences,
* word order
* choices of grammatical person
* choices of verb tense and mood"
http://www.stpetershigh.org.uk/DEPARTMENTS/ENGLISH_DEPT/SLAY...
"Clause types"
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/sentence/sentence.ht...
"UCL Working Papers in Linguistics 8 (1996)
Missing arguments in earlier English clause structures"
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/PUB/WPL/96papers/osawa.pdf
It is difficult to decide whether "oracionales" refers to the level of the sentence or the clause, but I think it is much more likely to be the latter in the context of subordination. "Clause structure" can include both the structure of the individual clause and the structure of the sentence in terms of the clauses of which it is composed.
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-08 19:43:37 GMT)
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"Grammar
How have you adapted the grammar of your texts for your audience? Think of such things as
* clause types and structures,
* use of simple, compound and complex sentences,
* word order
* choices of grammatical person
* choices of verb tense and mood"
http://www.stpetershigh.org.uk/DEPARTMENTS/ENGLISH_DEPT/SLAY...
"Clause types"
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/sentence/sentence.ht...
"UCL Working Papers in Linguistics 8 (1996)
Missing arguments in earlier English clause structures"
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/PUB/WPL/96papers/osawa.pdf
Note from asker:
| Many thanks, Charles. I appreciate the explanation, it really helped. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Subordination, types and clausal structures.
Yes - your version seems fine also.
Note from asker:
| Thank you, DLyons. |
9 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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sentence types and structures
maybe "clause types and structures"
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Note added at 9 mins (2012-01-08 19:36:33 GMT)
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not sure if they're talking about "sentences" or "clauses"
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Note added at 14 mins (2012-01-08 19:41:02 GMT)
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would seem to be "clauses"
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Note added at 9 mins (2012-01-08 19:36:33 GMT)
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not sure if they're talking about "sentences" or "clauses"
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Note added at 14 mins (2012-01-08 19:41:02 GMT)
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would seem to be "clauses"
Note from asker:
| Thank you, David. |
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