Translation excellence : assessment, achievement, maintenance / edited by Marilyn Gaddis Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaddis Rose, Marilyn.

Series:

American Translators Association scholarly monograph series ; v. 1.

American Translators Association scholarly monograph series, 0890-4111 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Translating services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This inaugural volume transcends its archival value. Indeed, taken as a whole, the essays pose a provocation for both translation practice and theory. The criteria proposed and the issues examined remain the same. Absolute excellence, however, continues to move beyond the horizon, and changes in technology and taste inevitably change both the implementation of the criteria and the evaluation of the issues. The attendant ambiguities may stem from a parenthesis in the volume: does excellence lie in the "X-factor that elusive quality which renders one translation clearly superior to others"?.

Contents:

Translation Excellence

Editorial page

Title Page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Editor's Note: What Translation Excellence Entails

ATA's Commitment to Excellence

The Perfect Translation - Ideal and Reality

Fidelity in the Hieronymian Sense

ATA Accreditation and Excellence in Practice

Professionalism in Academic Programs

The Proposed ATA Program Accreditation

Symposium: Foreign Language Proficiency Criteria in Translation

Using the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to Assess Reading and Writing in Translation Programs

Language Proficiency and Translation

Revising the ACTFL/ETS Scales for a New Purpose: Rating Skill in Translating

Reading and Writing Tests at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Establishing Project-Specific Criteria for Acceptability of Translations

The Recruitment of Translators/Précis-Writers at the United Nations and Quality Control of Translations

Recruitment and Retention of Staff and Freelance Translators: Experience at One International Agency

Languages in the Federal Government

Current And Future Translation Trends In Aeronautics and Astronautics

Translation Excellence in the Private Sector

The Social Responsibility of Literary Translators Today

Anthony Kerrigan: The Attainment of Excellence in Translation

Contributors

Call for Proposals: Technology as Translation Strategy

Corporate Members

Institutional Members.

Notes:

Published 1987 by the University Center at Binghamton (SUNY).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-05138-9

9786613051387

90-272-8622-1

OCLC:

720389395