The fragment “translational conundrums” (L.14-15) could be correctly and appropriately enigmas apresentados pelo texto original or as enigmas tradutórios.

In the text, the word “disparate” (L.2) is the same as distinct.

The translation act can be described as the rephrasing of original verbal utterances.

Inter-semiotic translation can be said to be a translation between two different communication systems.

Translators are near-omniscient beings consciously selecting solutions to semiotic translational problems.

Argumentative texts are types of text in which a thesis is cited and then extensively defended.

Texts can be classified in terms of their communicative intentions.

Attempts at building text type based models for translation practice has proved controversial because text types often exhibit overlapping features.

The following text, adapted from the website www.bbc.co.uk can be said to be a descriptive text: “There is a surprising truth about how we all see the world. You may think a rose is red, the sky is blue and the grass is green, but it now seems that the colours you see may not always be the same as the colours I see. Your age, sex and even mood can affect how you experience colours”.

In technical translation, the effect on the readers matters more than the actual words or the syntactic layout and the translator will probably follow an idiomatic or a free translation.