Noun: skopos
Sample Sentences
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The topic of the novel is the typical way of life of the well-to-do British middle and upper classes, and the setting within the British culture is thus of great importance. The Skopos, to use Vermeer's term, is to translate the text as being firmly embedded within the British culture. [1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 68:]
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[A]s with the skopos approach, a translator can have some idea of the intended effect, and translate accordingly, i.e. in a maximally relevant way. [2005, Andrew Chesterman, edited by Martha Tennent, Training For The New Millennium, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 196:]
Nouns inflected like skopos
greyware,
chronotropy,
urgrund,
cytosorting,
homekeeping,
pedobaiting,
winterdress,
JLNS,
rumpology,
hopkinsiaxanthin,
enchylemma,
further education,
hexobendine,
humdrumminess,
unobligingness,
backscroll,
telocinobufagin,
dosulepin,
mensuralism,
crème de framboise, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
σκοπός'.