Text typology and translation / edited by Anna Trosborg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trosborg, Anna, 1937-

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 26.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Translating and interpreting.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book breaks new ground in translation theory and practice. The central question is: In what ways are translations affected by text types? The two main areas of investigation are: A. What are the advantages of focusing on text types when trying to understand the process of translation? How do translators tackle different text types in their daily practice? B. To what extent and in what areas are text types identical across languages and cultures? What similarities and dissimilarities can be observed in text types of original and translated texts?Part I deals with methodological aspects and offers a typology of translations both as product and as process. Part II is devoted to domain-specific texts in a cross-cultural perspective, while Part III is concerned with terminology and lexicon as well as the constraints of mode and medium involving dubbing and subtitling as translation methods. Sonnets, sagas, fairy tales, novels and feature films, sermons, political speeches, international treaties, instruction leaflets, business letters, academic lectures, academic articles, medical research articles, technical brochures and legal documents are but some of the texts under investigation.In sum, this volume provides a theoretical overview of major problems and possibilities as well as investigations into a variety of text types with practical suggestions that deserve to be weighted by anyone considering the relation between text typology and translation. The volume is indispensable for the translator in his/her efforts to become a "competent text-aware professional".

Contents:

TEXT TYPOLOGY AND TRANSLATION

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Introduction

References

Part I. Methodology

Text Typology: Register, Genre and Text Type

Text and discourse

Register

Genre

Text types cutting across registers and genres

Concluding comments

Notes

Text Types and Translation

The interpretations of "equivalence

An approach to translation based on communication theory

New types of translations and translation-related work

A Typology of translations

A Functional Typology of Translations

Introduction: The crux of equivalence

Functionalism + loyalty as an alternative model

The notion of function

Planning the translation process

Conclusion

Text-Type Conventions and Translating: Some Methodological Issues

Some basic concepts

Macrostructures

Microstructures

By way of consclusion: Consequences for translation

Bibliography

Approaches to Literary Genres

Text Types and Power Relations

The power of the source

Translation in context

The case of the sonnet

The Norse saga

Difference and translation

Description and Criticism: Some Approaches to the English Translations of Hans Christian Andersen

The problems

The translations

Approaches

Reading the text

Pragmatics

Puns

Idioms

Pseudo-idioms

Conclusion: Description versus criticism

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Part II. Domain- and Genre-Specific Texts

Strategies of Translating Political Texts

Politics and translation

Diplomatic discourse in multinational institutions

Speeches and statements by politicians

Politically relevant texts by non-politicians

Notes.

References

Appendix: Analysed texts

Translating Hybrid Political Texts

EU documents

Hybrid texts as primary communication

Translation of Medical Research Articles

Medical translation: Contrastive studies

The medical research paper

Translation of Technical Brochures

LSP and translation

Technical brochures seen from linguistics and marketing theory

Speech acts and text functions in technical brochures

Actional aspects in translation

Translating Legal Genres

Complexities of translation process

Genre analysis

A genre-based approach to translation

Legislative discourse

Easification as intra-lingual translation

Part III. Terminology and Lexicon

Synonymy and Equivalence in Special-language Texts A Case Study in German and English Texts on Genetic Engineering

Synonymy and Equivalence

Terms and text

Method

Results and Analysis

Reference Corpora and Lexicons for Translators and Translation Studies

Electronic dictionaries

Corpus linguistics and the development of reference corpora

The bilingual lexical database system

The bilingual text management and query system

The workstation

Dictionaries

Texts Types and Medium

Written to be Spoken: The Audio-Medial Text in Translation

Text-type and translation method

The poetic text: the radio play and the Bible as liturgy

The academic lecture

The audio-medial text and simultaneous interpreting

Dubbing and the Dubbed Text - Style and Cohesion: Textual Characteristics of a Special Form of Translation

Lip sync and nucleus sync as constraints in dubbing.

The scope of the analysis

Film language as spoken language: text typological considerations

The unnaturalness of dubbed text

Stylistic features of dubbed text

Cohesion in dubbed texts

Anglicisms

Textual characteristics of films dubbed into German

The characteristics of dubbed text and the translation process

Quality Revisited: The Rendering of English Idioms in Danish Television Subtitles vs. Printed Translations

Subtitling in a historical perspective

Subtitling defined

Constraints, strengths, and intra-textuality

Idioms at large

How fixed are idioms?

How opaque are idioms?

Translating idioms

A great divide: three modes of translation

Typologies and strategies

The pilot study

Last Bus to Woodstock": One title, four texts

Examples of strategies found in the novel translation and the TV subtitles

LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK": THE NOVEL

LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK": THE TV FILM

Explanations to Table 4

Facts and interpretations: individual texts

General conclusion

Idioms: Coming in from the cold

Index

The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-04710-1

9786613047106

90-272-8558-6

OCLC:

709606200