A companion to translation studies / edited by Sandra Bermann and Catherine Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bermann, Sandra, 1947-

Porter, Catherine, 1941-

Series:

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

Blackwell companions to literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Study and teaching (Higher).

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 pages)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Multi-disciplinary relevance for students with diverse career goals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From Translation to Translation Studies; Translation Studies Today; Organization of the Companion; Current Trends and New Directions; References and Further Reading; Part I: Approaches to Translation; Histories and Theories; 1: The Changing Landscape of Translation and Interpreting Studies; Representation; Minority-Majority Relations; Globalization, the Global Economy, and Global Resistance; Future Directions; References and Further Reading

2: Philosophical/Theoretical Approaches to TranslationTranslation and the Transfer of Mental Content; Anthropological and Philosophical Challenges; Transformative Possibilities of Translation on the Target Language; Translation as a Window onto a Foreign World; Translation as Re-creation; The Same Message in a Different Code; Translation as the Afterlife of the Original; The Ethics of Translation; The Indeterminacy of Translation; After After Babel; References and Further Reading; 3: Philosophy in Translation; Vernaculars; Philosophy and Ordinary Language

Enthralled: Translation and Language AnxietyUntranslatability; References and Further Reading; 4: Variations on Translation; References and Further Reading; Methodologies; 5: Text Analysis and Translation; Introduction; Language, Linguistics, and Translation; Contrastive Stylistics and the Metalanguage of Translation; Equivalence of Meaning; Functional Parameters; "Discourse Analysis" and Translation; Translation Universals; References and Further Reading; 6: The Sociology of Translation: A New Research Domain; Introduction; Translation as a Profession

Translation as a Cultural Practice: Interactionism vs. Field TheoryCenter and Periphery: Asymmetrical Flows of Translation; The Social Functions of Translation: Political, Economic, and Literary Fields; The Social Conditions of the International Circulation of Ideas; Epistemology of the Human and Social Sciences; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; 7: Style in, and of, Translation; Style, Meaning, and Translation; Translations and Translators as Stylistic Domains; Methodological Implications; References and Further Reading; 8: Translation as Higher-Order Text Processing; Introduction

MT Today

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118616154

1118616154

9781118613443

1118613449

9781118613504

1118613503

9781118613467

1118613465

OCLC:

868491523