"Caro paciente/lieber patient": à descoberta da cortesia em folhetos informativos

• Autor(a) principal: Herget, Katrin
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Alegre, Teresa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/mathesis.2013.5252

The association between courtesy and package leaflets may seem far-fetched. Package leaflets that accompany pharmaceutical products constitute a subgenre of medical language and are part of a highly conventionalized text genre, the drafting of which follows precise indications concerning its macro and microstructure. Due to the implications for the health of the user, this technical discourse linked to pharmaceutical information is based on clarity and precision. However, these principles do not exclude courtesy. The forms of courtesy are inherent elements of this text genre, because of its multifunctional nature which can be observed in different acts of speech, such as instructions, advice or recommendations. This article contributes to the training of specialized translators in the field of Health Studies through the development of materials of support and authentic examples. We will present a diversified range of courtesy forms in German and Portuguese package leaflets and classify them using the tools of contrastive analysis.