polysemic

If, in the original, some ambiguous or polysemic elements are found, first of all the translator must read them, identify them, interpret them and then she must translate what is translatable, in a rational way.
Si quelques éléments ambigues ou polysémiques se retrouvent dans le texte original, le traducteur doit tout d’abord les lire, les identifier, les interprèter et alors il doit traduire ce qui est traduisible de façon rationnelle.
Context is key in translating polysemic words.
Le contexte est essentiel dans la traduction des mots polysémiques.
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