▁and ▁preferred ▁the ▁term ▁" function al ▁equivalence ". ▁What ▁the ▁term ▁" function al ▁equivalence " ▁suggests ▁is ▁not ▁just ▁that ▁the ▁equivalence ▁is ▁ ▁between ▁the ▁function ▁of ▁the ▁source ▁text ▁in ▁the ▁source ▁culture ▁and ▁the ▁function ▁of ▁the ▁target ▁text ▁( trans lation ) ▁in ▁the ▁target ▁culture , ▁but ▁that ▁" function " ▁can ▁be ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁a ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁text . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁associate ▁functional ▁equivalence ▁with ▁how ▁people ▁interact ▁in ▁cult ures . ▁ ▁Theory ▁and ▁practice ▁ ▁Because ▁functional ▁equivalence ▁approach ▁es ch ew s ▁strict ▁ad her ence ▁to ▁the ▁gram mat ical ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁text ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁natural ▁rendering ▁in ▁the ▁target ▁language , ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁when ▁the ▁read ability ▁of ▁the ▁translation ▁is ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁gram mat ical ▁structure . ▁ ▁F ormal ▁equivalence ▁is ▁often ▁more ▁goal ▁than ▁reality , ▁if ▁only ▁because ▁one ▁language ▁may ▁contain ▁a ▁word ▁for ▁a ▁concept ▁which ▁has ▁no ▁direct ▁equivalent ▁in ▁another ▁language . ▁In ▁such ▁cases , ▁a ▁more ▁dynamic ▁translation ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁or ▁a ▁ne olog ism ▁may ▁be ▁created ▁in ▁the ▁target ▁language ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁concept ▁( s ometimes ▁by ▁borrow ing ▁a ▁word ▁from ▁the ▁source ▁language ). ▁ ▁The ▁more ▁the ▁source ▁language ▁diff ers ▁from ▁the ▁target ▁language , ▁the ▁more ▁difficult ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁to ▁understand ▁a ▁literal ▁translation ▁without ▁modifying ▁or ▁re arr anging ▁the ▁words