Is it Possible to Maintain Information Flow in Japanese into Thai Translation? A Study of Connecting Clauses

Abstract This paper investigates the ordering of connecting subordinate and coordinate clauses in Japanese-Thai translation to examine whether it is possible maintain information flow from source text. Japanese preposed were translated using both postposed Thai Preposed used widely when they provided: 1) listed information; 2) grounded for comprehending main clauses; 3) framework within which are held; 4) temporal sequences; 5) linking prior context a new discourse topic. Postposed mainly modify clauses. In cases where provided needed comprehend subsequent clauses, professional translators attempted place clause sentence initially, despite preference sentence-final occurrence arising syntactic constraints. demonstrated norms terms awareness among significance