tirgumתִּרְגּוּם
translationsifrutiסִפְרוּתִי
literaryhuהוּא
heavodaעֲבוֹדָה
workshe'rovשְׁרוֹב
that mostha'kor'imהַקוֹרְאִים
the readersloלֹא
notro'imרוֹאִים
see (m. pl.)maמָה
whatshe'huשֶׁהוּא
that hebe'derechבְּדֶרֶךְ
in a wayklalכְּלַל
usuallysimanסִימָן
signshe'na'as'taשֶׁנַּעֲשְׂתָה
that was done (f. sg.)heitevהֵיטֵב
wellA literary translation is work that most readers do not see, which is usually a sign that it was done well.
ke'she'metargemכְּשֶׁמְּתַרְגֵּם
when a translatorovedעוֹבֵד
works (m. sg.)alעַל
ontekstטֶקְסְט
texthuהוּא
heloלֹא
notmechapesמְחַפֵּשׂ
looks for (m. sg.)makbilaמַקְבִּילָה
an equivalent (f.)milulitמִלּוּלִית
literal (f.)elaאֶלָּא
butmakbilaמַקְבִּילָה
an equivalent (f.)tifkuditתִּפְקוּדִית
functional (f.)maמָה
whatshe'oseשֶׁעוֹשֶׂה
that does (m. sg.)ha'mishpatהַמִּשְׁפָּט
the sentencebe'gufבְּגוּף
in the bodyha'koreהַקוֹרֵא
the readerloלֹא
notmaמָה
whatshe'huשֶׁהוּא
that heomerאוֹמֵר
says (m. sg.)be'ramatבְּרָמַת
at the level ofha'milaהַמִּלָּה
the wordWhen a translator works on a text, he does not look for a literal equivalent but a functional equivalent, what the sentence does in the reader's body, not what it says at the word level.
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