The Use of Loan Translation as a Term-Creation Strategy in Duramazwi reMimhanzi

Abstract

Abstract: The article presents loan translation as one of the key strategies that lexicographers at the African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) employed in the creation of new terminology during the compila-tion of the music dictionary Duramazwi reMimhanzi. Inspired by the authors' keen interest in lexicography and active involvement in the compilation of Duramazwi reMimhanzi, it discusses the advantages and disad-vantages of loan translation. Analysis of this term-creation strategy is done using Chimhundu's (1996) trans-lation and terminology development theory known as the scan and balance theory.

Keywords

• COINAGE
• CULTURE
• DECODING
• ENCODING
• STRATEGY
• TERM-CREATION
• TRANSLATION
• LOAN TRANSLATION