Translation: theory and practice in dialogue
by Fawcett, Antoinette Guadarrama, Karla Parker, Rebecca Hyde
This exciting new book explores the present relevance of translation theory to practice. A range of perspectives provides both current theoretical insights into the relevance of theory to translation and also offers first-hand experiences of applying appropriate strategies and methods to the practice and description of translation. The individual chapters in the book explore theoretical pronouncements and practical observations grouped in topics that include theory and creativity, translation a…
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- Full title :Translation : theory and practice in dialogue / edited by Antoinette Fawcett, Karla L. Guadarrama García and Rebecca Hyde Parker.
Summary
This exciting new book explores the present relevance of translation theory to practice. A range of perspectives provides both current theoretical insights into the relevance of theory to translation and also offers first-hand experiences of applying appropriate strategies and methods to the practice and description of translation. The individual chapters in the book explore theoretical pronouncements and practical observations grouped in topics that include theory and creativity, translation and its relation with linguistics, gender issues and more. The book features four parts: it firstly de.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Continuum
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 226 p. :) : il.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781441192431, 1441192433, 128327230X, 9781283272308
- oclc:on1105403598
- LC Classification:P306
- Dewey Decimal:418.02
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Knowing Why We Do What We Do; 1 Who Needs Theory?; 2 Horace's Hyperbaton: Wrapping One's Head around 'Word Warps' and Patching Up a Gaping Language Gap; 3 Theory and Practice of Feminist Translation in the 21st Century; 4 An Optimality Approach to the Translation of Poetry; Part II: New Theoretical Horizons for New Ways of Doing Literary Translation; 5 Re-theorizing the Literary in Literary Translation; 6 In the Furrows of Translation.
Part III: Behind the TT: Translational Priorities and Asymmetrical Relationships of Power7 The Taming of the Eastern European Beast? A Case Study of the Translation of a Polish Novel into English; 8 Network & Cooperation in Translating Taiwanese Literature into English; 9 Rendering Female Speech as a Male or Female Translator: Constructed Femininity in the Japanese Translations of Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary; Part IV: Back to Basics; 10 The Nature, Place and Role of a Philosophy of Translation in Translation Studies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q.
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