PT Journal AU Novakova, E TI Contrastive analysis, linguistics, and translation: rivals or allies? SO Bohemica Olomucensia PY 2019 BP 200 EP 227 VL 11 IS 2 DI 10.5507/bo.2019.022 DE contrastive functional analysis; translation; EU official documents; translation criticism AB The paper discusses principles of the contrastive functional analysis (CFA) and its practical application in translation. It ponders on the relationship between contrastive linguistics and translation studies, proposes a model of CFA and tests its potential and limits in translation criticism. ER