Why translation studies matters
by Gile, Daniel Hansen, Gyde Pokorn, Nike K.
Whether Translation Studies really matters is an important and challenging question which practitioners of translation and interpreting raise repeatedly. TS scholars, many of whom are translators and interpreters themselves, are not indifferent to it either. The twenty papers of this thematic volume, contributed by authors from various parts of Europe, from Brazil and from Israel, address it in a positive spirit. Some do so through direct critical reflection and analysis, arguing in particular …
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Whether Translation Studies really matters is an important and challenging question which practitioners of translation and interpreting raise repeatedly. TS scholars, many of whom are translators and interpreters themselves, are not indifferent to it either. The twenty papers of this thematic volume, contributed by authors from various parts of Europe, from Brazil and from Israel, address it in a positive spirit. Some do so through direct critical reflection and analysis, arguing in particular that the engagement of TS with society should be strengthened so that the latter could benefit more from the former. Others illustrate the relevance and contribution of TS to society and to other disciplines from various angles. Topics broached include the cultural mediation role of translators, issues in literary translation, knowledge as intellectual capital, globalization through English and risks associated with it, bridging languages, mass media, corpora, training, the use of modern technology, interdisciplinarity with psycholinguistics and neurophysiology
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- Publication Date:2010
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- Publisher(s):John Benjamins
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010
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- Description:xi, 269 p. : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027224347, 902722434X, 9789027288646, 902728864X
- oclc:ocn759755649
- LC Classification:P306.5
- Dewey Decimal:418 .02071
Table of Contents
Preface -- Part I. Does TS matter?: Why interpreting studies matters / Franz Pöchhacker -- What matters to Translation Studies? On the role of public Translation Studies / Kaisa Koskinen -- Part II. Translation and society: Translators as cultural mediators: Wish or reality?: A question for Translation Studies / David Limon -- Censorship in the translations and pseudo-translations of the West / Carmen Camus Camus -- A world without God: Slovene Bambi / Nike K. Pokorn -- Manipulating the matricial norms: A comparison of the English, Swedish and French translations of La caverna de las ideas by José Carlos Somoza / Yvonne Lindqvist -- Knowledge in Translation Studies and translation practice: Intellectual capital in modern society / Hanna Risku, Angela Dickinson and Richard Pircher -- Part III. Language issues: Is Translation Studies going Anglo-Saxon? Critical comments on the globalization of a discipline / Mary Snell-Hornby -- Slowakisch: Brückensprache zur slawischen Welt?: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer kleinen EU-Sprache / Martina Vankúésová -- Translation Studies and mass media research / Rachel Weissbrod -- Register shifts in translations of popular fiction from English into…
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