Translation and linguistics

This article will consider the kinds of relationship that may obtain between linguistics and Translation Studies and what it may mean to take a 'linguistic approach' to Translation Studies. A number of possible relationships are introduced, and examples Of scholarly exploration Of each kind of relationship are presented Subsequently, there is a discussion of the work of scholars who have considered linguistics and Translation Studies to be independent disciplines. This discussion shows that whereas translation scholars tend to import theoretical concepts from linguistics along with data from that discipline, it is rare for linguistics to import theoretical notions from Translation Studies. I argue for the efficacy of the latter practice.