A general theory of interlingual mediation / Sergio Viaggio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viaggio, Sergio, 1945-

Series:

Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin, Germany) ; Bd. 1.

Sprachwissenschaft ; Bd. 1

Standardized Title:

Teoria general de la mediación interlingüe. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank & Timme, 2006.

Berlin Frank & Timme 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long description: The author has more than 30 years experience in literary and pragmatic translation and in conference interpreting. His book is the most ambitious attempt at unifying every aspect of translational and other connected activities under one overarching general theory. A most specific theory, at that, that conceptualises and explains what translators and interpreters actually do in real life and, at the same time, offers objective quality criteria. The book has many practical examples, from public announcements and owner's manuals for videocameras to poems by Pushkin and Shakespeare.

Biographical note: Sergio Viaggio, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1945. MA in Russian Language and Literature, Moscow's Peoples' Friendship University, 1971. UN translator in 1974, interpreter in 1975, and, between 1991 and 2005 Chief Interpreter with the UN Office at Vienna. He has widely lectured and written on the practice and theory of translation and interpretation.

Contents:

pt. 1. The theory and models. The precursors

pt. 2. The model applied.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-86596-919-4

9783865969194

OCLC:

923691834