Translation methods vs. translation procedures
Translators distinguish between global translation strategies and local translation strategies:
• global translation strategy (aka. translation method): the overall strategy you apply to a
text as a whole – the primary choice you have to make here is how close to the source text
you want your target text to be.
• local translation strategy (aka. translation procedure): strategies you apply in the translation
of individual expressions in the source text, such as words, grammatical constructions,
idioms etc.)