Critical introduction to translation studies / Jean Boase-Beier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boase-Beier, Jean.

Series:

Continuum critical introductions to linguistics.

Continuum critical introductions to linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--Textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.

Summary:

Jean Boase-Beier's Critical Introduction To Translation Studies demonstrates a keen understanding of theoretical and practical translation. It looks to instances where translation might not be straightforward, where stylistics play an important role. Examples are discussed from works of literature, advertisements, journalism and others, where effects on the reader are central to the text, and are reflected in the style. It begins by setting out some of the basic problems and issues that arise in the study of translation, such as: the difference between literary and non-literary translation; t

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Translation, Text, Mind and Context; 1 What does Translation Involve?; 2 Possible and Impossible in Translation; 3 Allegiance and Creativity; 4 The Translated Text; 5 Theories and Practices; Part II A Poetics of Translation; 6 Literary Translation as the Translation of Mind; 7 Translating the Special Shape of Poems; 8 Ambiguity, Mind Games and Searches; 9 Thinking and Doing Translation; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613089243

9781283089241

1283089246

9781441183453

1441183450

OCLC:

721194791