ABSTRACT
The importance of analysis 188 The reticular activation system: alarm bells 191 Checking the rules (deduction) 194 Checking synonyms, alternatives (induction) 199 Picking the rendition that feels right (abduction) 200 Discussion 201 Exercise 201 Suggestions for further reading 202
THESIS: Translators can never rely entirely on even the highly complex and well-informed habits they have built up over the years to take them through every job reliably; in fact, one of the “habits” that professional translators must develop is that of building into their “subliminal” functioning alarm bells that go off whenever a familiar or unfamiliar problem area arises, calling the translator out of the subliminal state that makes rapid translation possible, slows the process down, and initiates a careful analysis of the problem(s).
