The polyvalence of provided that and its implications for specialised translation
Abstract
This paper addresses the uses of provided that as an intersentential marker with the aim of guiding possible translation solutions. Adams (2004) argues that this expression poses a translation problem due to the fact that it is almost always associated with a conditional meaning. Based on a literature review and the analysis of a collected corpus, we illustrate cases in which provided that expresses conditional and non-conditional values. These uses are not always recognisable at first sight but can be fully understood by considering formal and conceptual clues which evidence the semantic-pragmatic contribution of the expression.
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