Knowledge and skills in translator behavior / Wolfram Wilss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilss, Wolfram.

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 15.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Psychological aspects.

Translating and interpreting.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents an approach which is intended to give readers a general insight into what translators really do and to explain the concepts and tools of the trade, bearing in mind that translation cannot be reduced to simple principles that can easily be separated from each other and thus be handled in isolation. On the whole, the book is more process- than product-centred. Translation is seen as an activity with an intentional and a social dimension establishing links between a source-language community and a target-language community and therefore requiring a specific kind of communicat

Contents:

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN TRANSLATOR BEHAVIOR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER I. Translation Studies - Scope and Challenges; CHAPTER II. Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Translation Studies; CHAPTER III. Translation as Knowledge-Based Activity; CHAPTER IV. Context, Culture, Compensation. Three basic orientations in translation; CHAPTER V. Translation as Meaning-Based Information Processing; CHAPTER VI. The Translation Process and Translation Procedures; CHAPTER VII. The Role of the Translator in the Translation Process

CHAPTER VIII. Discourse Linguistics and TranslationCHAPTER IX. Translation as Decision-Making and Choice; CHAPTER X. Translation Teaching. A practice-oriented approach; CHAPTER XI. Human Translation and Machine Translation. A comparison; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-17445-6

9786613174451

90-272-8354-0

OCLC:

741492714