domestication
the process of making wild animals or plants live with people and be useful to them
The long-term process of changing wild animals or plants through taming, selective breeding, and human care so that they live with people and are useful to them.
the condition of being no longer wild and living with people
The condition of an animal or plant being adapted to living with humans and depending on human care.
changing something foreign so it feels familiar in a place
The process of adapting something from elsewhere so it fits local expectations, tastes, language, or conditions.
a translation style that makes the text feel familiar
In translation, the practice of choosing words and cultural references that feel natural to the target audience, even if that reduces the foreign feel of the original.
a legal process to make something foreign valid locally
In law and business, the process of making a foreign judgment, company, or legal status recognized and treated as local under another jurisdiction’s rules.
- Base: domestication
- Plural: domestication, domestications
corporate domestication
1changing a company’s legal home
a legal way for a company to move where it is registered
- The board approved corporate domestication to simplify regulatory filings.
- Corporate domestication allowed the firm to change its state of incorporation.
- They consulted counsel to see whether corporate domestication was permitted under local law.
domestication of a foreign judgment
1legal recognition of foreign judgment
a legal process to enforce a foreign court decision
- They applied for domestication of a foreign judgment to enforce it in California.
- Without domestication of the foreign judgment, the local court could not order payment.
- The lawyer explained the steps required for domestication of a foreign judgment.
domestication strategy
1translation strategy for familiarity
a method of translating that makes the text feel local
- The translator adopted a domestication strategy to make the dialogue sound natural in English.
- A domestication strategy can make a story easier to read but less culturally specific.
- The essay defended a domestication strategy for children’s books.
domestication syndrome
1shared traits in domesticated animals
typical changes many domesticated animals share
- Scientists debate whether domestication syndrome has a single biological cause.
- Floppy ears are often cited as a possible sign of domestication syndrome.
- The study tested for domestication syndrome in early dog remains.