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1 online resource (362 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Enlarging Translation; Chapter 1: A Postpositivist History of Translation Studies; 1.1 Initial Considerations: Beyond Positivism; 1.2 Periodization and Translation Theory; 1.3 Philosophical and Linguistic Approaches to Translation; 1.4 Functionalist Approaches to Translation; 1.5 Descriptive Translation Studies; 1.6 The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies: The Power Turn, Postcolonial Translation Studies, Translation and Gender |
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1.7 Deconstruction and Poststructuralist Approaches to Translation1.8 The Definitional Strand in the History of Translation Studies; Chapter 2: Defining Translation; 2.1 Varieties of Translation Types; 2.2 Conceptualizations of Translation Worldwide; 2.3 Approaches to Defining Translation in Translation Studies; 2.4 Wittgenstein, Concept Formation, and the Definition of Translation as a Cluster Concept; 2.5 Limitations of Viewing Translation as a Prototype Category; 2.6 Conceptual Knowledge, Ethnocentrism, and Ethics |
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Chapter 3: Framing Translation: Representation, Transmission, Transculturation3.1 Representation; 3.2 Transmission and Transfer; 3.3 Transculturation; 3.4 Representation, Transmission, Transculturation, and Translation; 3.5 Framing Translation: Theoretical Implications; Chapter 4: Research Methods in Translation Studies; 4.1 General Considerations about Research Methods; 4.2 Classification in Translation Studies Research; 4.3 Principles of Validation in Translation Studies; 4.4 Interdependence of Data and Theory in Translation Research; 4.5 Experimentation in Translation Studies |
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4.6 Models in Translation Studies Research4.7 Restructuring the Research System; Part 2: Empowering Translators; Chapter 5: Activism, Political Agency, and the Empowerment of Translators; 5.1 Empowered Translators and the Translator's Political Agency: Evidence from Postcolonial Translation Studies; 5.2 Modeling the Translator's Agency: Moving Beyond Postcolonial Translation Studies; 5.3 Power and the Agency of the Translator; 5.4 Two Metaphors for Agency and Activism: Resistance and Engagement; 5.5 Empowerment and Self-Reflexivity in Translation Studies |
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Chapter 6: Cultural Translation and Empowerment6.1 Theories of Cultural Translation; 6.2 The Impact of Audience on Cultural Representation; 6.3 A Holistic Approach to Translating Culture; 6.4 Elements to Consider in Holistic Cultural Translation; 6.5 Strategizing Cultural Translation; 6.6 Cultural Translation, Ideology, and Self-Censorship; 6.7 Cultural Translation and the Agency of the Translator; Chapter 7: Liberating Meaning, Legitimating Translation; 7.1 The Translator's Decision-Making Process and the Construction of Meaning; 7.2 Where Does Meaning Reside? |
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Beginning with the paradox that characterizes the history of translation studies in the last half century - that more and more parameters of translation have been defined, but less and less closure achieved - the first half of Enlarging Translation, Empowering Translators calls for radical inclusionary approaches to translation, including a greater internationalization of the field. The book investigates the implications of the expanding but open definition of translation, with a chapter on research methods charting future approaches to translation studies. In the second half of the book, t |
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7.3 A Brief Excursus on the Nature of Meaning |
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Translating and interpreting.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Translating and interpreting
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317639343 |
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1317639340 |
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