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1 online resource |
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1. Huet's De optimo genere interpretandi (1661; 1680; 1683) ; several views of its importance and neglect as a source for translation history -- 2. Huet's life, career and works -- 3. De optimo genere interpretandi (1661; 1680; 1683) : its genesis and publication history -- 4. DOGI : its ancient and medieval sources -- 5. DOGI : two early modern sources for the work : Leonardo Bruni's De interpretatione recta (c. 1426) and Girolamo Catena's Discorso ... Sopra la traduttione (1581) -- 6. DOGI : its structure and setting -- 7. Implicit aims and purposes of the DOGI -- 8. Two instances in the reception history of the DOGI : France and England -- 9. Prefatory remarks on the present translation, text, and their critical apparatus |
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Preeminent in a relatively rare category of separate early modern treatises on translation, the 1683 De optimo genere interpretandi by the polymath cleric Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) offers a concise introduction to its nature, history, theory, process and practice. Written in the form of a Ciceronian dialogue, On the best kind of translating not only represents Huet's acute and witty defence of the often disparaged literal or word for word model, but also provides illuminating glimpses into the critical and interpretive methods of his age. A guiding premise of this first modern edition and |
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This translation previously issued in print: Manchester: St. Jerrome, 2002 |
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Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721. De optimo genere interpretandi
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Translating and interpreting -- Early works to 1800
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Translating and interpreting
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Early works
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Electronic book
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DeLater, James Albert, translator
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| ISBN |
9781317639367 |
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1317639367 |
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9781317639374 |
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1317639375 |
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9781317639350 |
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1317639359 |
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