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Title Translation : theory and practice in dialogue / edited by Antoinette Fawcett, Karla L. Guadarrama García and Rebecca Hyde Parker
Published London : Continuum, 2010
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Series Continuum studies in translation
Continuum studies in translation.
Contents Introduction / Antoinette Fawcett and Karla L. Guadarrama Garcia -- Part I. Knowing why we do what we do -- 1. Who needs theory? / Jean Boase-Beier -- 2. Horace's Hyperbaton: Wrapping one's head around 'Word Warps' and Patching up a Gaping Language Gap / Elizabeth Thornton -- 3. Theory and Practice of Feminist Translation in the 21st Century / Lina Glede -- 4. An Optimality Approach to the Translation of Poetry / Christine Calfoglou -- Part II. New theoretical horizons for new ways of doing literary translation -- 5. Re-theorising the literary in literary translation / Clive Scott -- 6. In the Furrows of Translation / Agnieszka Pantuchowicz -- Part III. Behind the TT: Translational priorities and asymmetrical relationships of power -- 7. The Taming of the Eastern European Beast? A case study of a translation of a Polish novel into English / Paulina Gasior -- 8. Network & Cooperation in Translating Taiwanese into English: With Reference to the Translation of Modern Taiwanese Literature / Szu-Wen Cindy Kung -- 9. Rendering Female Speech as a Male /Female Translator: Constructed Femininity in the Japanese Translations of Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary / Hiroko Furukawa -- Part IV. Back to basics -- 10. The nature, place and role of a philosophy of translation in translation studies / Kirsten Malmkjær
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Translating and interpreting.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Translating & Interpreting.
Translating and interpreting
Übersetzung.
Översättning.
Tolkning (översättning)
Form Electronic book
Author Fawcett, Antoinette, editor.
Guadarrama, Karla, 1981- editor.
Parker, Rebecca Hyde, 1971- editor.
LC no. 2010280466
ISBN 9781441192431
1441192433
128327230X
9781283272308
9786613272300
6613272302