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Question		Answer
What is translation? start learning		A specific form of human action that is determined by its purpose.
When must skopos be defined? start learning		Before the translation begins
To translate means to produce texts in a ... for a ... and ... in... start learning		target setting / target purpose / target addressees / target circumstances
What determines translation methods and strategies? start learning		The intended purpose of the target text.
What is the skopos rule? start learning		Human action is determined by its purpose, and is therefore a function of its purpose.
The coherence rule: start learning		the target text must be sufficiently coherent to allow the intended users to comprehend it, given their assumed background knowledge
The fidelity rule: start learning		some relationship must remain between the translatum (TT) and ST
What is the decisive factor? start learning		The precisely specified skopos - the ST is just one constituent of the final outcome
No source text... start learning		... has only one correct/preferred translation. Every commission should contain a statement of skopos.

Vermeer - skopos theory