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MPHATIC
P
HRASES IN
F
INNISH
L
ITERARY
T
EXTS
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Comparing emphatic phrases and their Hungarian translations demon-
strates that to achieve authenticity the translator has to balance between the
meanings expressed in the source language and the conventions of the target
language, but the tone of speech can be affected by fairly subtle changes.
These changes include removing of the emphatic phrase, changing its posi-
tion in the sentence structure, and moderating or reinforcing of its tone. By
using these techniques, the writer creates an illusion of the tone of the
speech, the positioning of the stress, and the pauses heard in the speech.
Abbreviations Used in the Examples
ABL = ablative case
ILL
= illative case
ACC = accusative case
INDC
= indefinite conjugation
ADE = adessive case
IMP
= imperative mood
ALL = allative case
INSTR-KOMIT = instrumental-comitative case
ART = article
PART
= particle
COND = conditional mood
PARTIC
= participle
DAT = dative case
POSS
= possessive suffix
DEFC = definite conjugation PRET
= preterite
FUT = future tense
SUBL
= sublative case
GEN = genitive case
VERBPART = verbal particle
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coll_rdf. xml