meaning, register, idiom, ambiguity, and ethical choices
Interpret a kinship term
An interviewee calls a nonrelative elder "tía." In this community the term signals affection and social kinship, not legal relation.
- A translator must carry social function, not invent genealogy.
- Apply the method to this new case and check the strongest alternative.
Which rendering is strongest?
MODELNuance Transfer Map
WORLD
PROVEChoose with evidence
CLUEPause. Find what matters. Then make your move.