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What is the difference between translation and adaptation?
Thread poster: ryuusabakuryuu
ryuusabakuryuu
ryuusabakuryuu
Jan 11, 2013

also is adaptation a form of translation or personal interpretation?
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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More context needed. Jan 12, 2013

Before being able to suggest an answer, we would need to have more context and define what is meant by "adaptation".

For example, if a book is made into a film, that is considered an "adaptation". If a classic novel, for example by Dickens, is simplified into a format that is easier to read, say by children, foreigners or simply a more modern readership, then that too is an adaptation.
If a text in, for example, Castilian Spanish is altered to make it more appropriate for na... See more
Before being able to suggest an answer, we would need to have more context and define what is meant by "adaptation".

For example, if a book is made into a film, that is considered an "adaptation". If a classic novel, for example by Dickens, is simplified into a format that is easier to read, say by children, foreigners or simply a more modern readership, then that too is an adaptation.
If a text in, for example, Castilian Spanish is altered to make it more appropriate for native speakers of a Latin American variant, such as Mexican Spanish, then that could be called an adaptation, although nowadays it's often termed "localisation"... so I think we really need more context before being able to make any reasonable suggestions.

Localisation (UK) / localization -> Adapting a product to meet the language, cultural and other requirements of a specific target market "locale".

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