Evaluation in translation : critical points of translator decision-making / Jeremy Munday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munday, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Jeremy Munday presents advances towards a general theory of evaluation in translator decision-making that will be of high importance to translator and interpreter training and to descriptive translation analysis. By 'evaluation' the author refers to how a translator's subjective stance manifests itself linguistically in a text.In a world where translation and interpreting function as a prism through which opposing personal and political views enter a target culture, it is crucial to investigate how such views are processed and sometimes subjectively altered by the trans

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 EVALUATION AND TRANSLATION; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Ideology and axiology; 1.2 Systemic functional linguistics and the value orientation of language; 1.2.1 Ideology and axiology in translation; 1.3 Appraisal theory and the concept of evaluation; 1.3.1 The system of appraisal; 1.3.1.1 Direct, or 'inscribed', attitude; 1.3.1.2 Indirect, or invoked, attitude; 1.3.1.3 Evoked attitude; 1.3.1.4 Provoked attitude; 1.3.2 Studies of attitude in translation; 1.3.3 Graduation and engagement

1.4 Evaluation as an integrated complex1.5 Evaluation, textual voice and evidentiality; 1.6 Evaluation and reading positions; 1.7 Evaluation and 'critical points' in translator and interpreter decision-making; 2 The interpretation of political speech; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 The broadcast context; 2.2 The expression of appraisal; 2.2.1 Affect; 2.2.2 Judgement; 2.2.3 Appreciation; 2.2.4 Provoked evaluation - lexical metaphors; 2.2.5 Indirect evaluation and the question of translation; 2.2.6 Graduation; 2.2.7 Counter-expectancy indicators; 2.2.8 Engagement; 2.3 Deictic positioning

2.3.1 Translation of pronouns2.3.2 Spatio-temporal deixis and identity; 2.3.3 Reading position and voice of the interpreter; 2.4 Conclusion; Appendix 2.1 Transcript of Obama inaugural speech, 20 January 2009; 3 THE VIEW FROM THE TECHNICAL TRANSLATORS; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 The perception of the professionals; 3.1.1 Text-type and explicitation; 3.1.2 The Chinese context; 3.2 KudoZTM; 3.3 SENSE; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 THE LITERARY TRANSLATOR AND REVISER; 4.0 Introduction; 4.1 Revisions of a classical text - Agricola and Germania; 4.1.1 The manuscript revised

4.1.2 Evaluative keys and reading position4.2 Revision between author, translator and reader - Mario Vargas Llosa; 4.2.1 Correspondence and queries; 4.2.2 Indirect, associative evaluation; 4.2.3 The reader-author relationship; 4.2.4 Lexical alternatives in the essay genre; 4.3 The practice of self-revision - David Bellos' translation of Georges Perec; 4.3.1 The detail of self-revision; 4.3.2 Revision and evaluation at different stages; 4.4. Conclusion; 5 TRANSLATION VARIATION AND ITS LINK TO ATTITUDE; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 The texts: Borges and his translators

5.1.1 Analysis of the Yates and Hurley translations of 'Emma Zunz'5.2 The experiment; 5.2.1 Invariance; 5.2.2 Linguistic variation in attitude and appraisal; 5.2.3 Attitude-rich words; 5.2.4 Genre differences; 5.3 Conclusion; Appendix 5.1 'Emma Zunz' extracts translated by Yates and Hurley; 6 EVALUATION IN TRANSLATION - SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; 6.1 The results of the case studies; 6.2 Reading positions; 6.3 For the future; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-136-30563-7

1-280-77643-9

9786613686824

0-203-11774-3

1-136-30564-5

9780203117743

OCLC:

804662362