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d) All informants detected an ambiguation in sentence 2 which could be
disambiguated if it was placed in the relevant macro-textual
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perspective. The ambiguation arose over 'ROC' x in the 2nd sentence
of the first paragraph, which should be replac4by 'PRC' c.
The informants made some erroneous translations of specific words
and phrases. A list of lexical mismatches were detected:
a) "naval blockade of Taiwan" was translated as: (1) naval isolation
of Taiwan; (2) naval seige of Taiwan; (3) naval manoeuvres against
Taiwan; and (4) complete blockage of Taiwan. Had the informants
referred to the topic of the text, they would have come up with an
accurate translation of the phrase. An appropriate translation
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would, then, be con:La/at al-mfia ha fi khaa . 1 Tatwax‘.'
(obstructing naval operations in the Taiwan Strait).
b) Technical terms such as 'tactical air superiority', 'combat areas',
'naval blockade', 'naval capabilities', 'bomber forces', 'ground
attack capabilities', etc, were mismatched either by non-
correspondent synonyms or erroneous hyperboles.
c) Sentence and inter-sentence connectives were partially ineffective,
to the detriment of textual cohesion. Micro-textual structures
should be fitted in a closely-knit textual macro-structure in
order to accurately project the meaning of the text.
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