Revue Maghrébine des Langues
Volume 6, Numéro 1, Pages 265-280
2008-12-31

Neology In English And The Hypermodern Micus: Some Translation Issues

Authors : Mohamed Sadek Fodil .

Abstract

This article discusses the appearance in today’s English of complex acronyms AKA hypermodern MICUs (Minimal Informational Cooperative Units) and the difficulty to translate them into other languages. In effect, their integrative aspect involves the examination of several units within a single item whose translation into foreign languages may turn problematic. Peirce’s semiotic triadic theory may offer a certain room to manoeuvre as it offers a methodology and conceptual tools capable to account for three types of relationships between the sign and its two other counterparts, the sign-Object and the sign-Interpretant.

Keywords

Neology - English- the hypermodern - MICUs - Translation