Charting the future of translation history / edited by Georges L. Bastin and Paul F. Bandia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bandia, Paul F.

Contributor:

Bandia, Paul F. (Paul Fadio), 1961- editor.

Bastin, Georges L., 1952- editor.

Project Muse.

Series:

Perspectives on translation.

Perspectives on translation, 1487-6396

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Methodology.

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--History.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2006

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Over the last 30 years there has been a substantial increase in the study of the history of translation. Both well-known and lesser-known specialists in translation studies have worked tirelessly to give the history of translation its rightful place. Clearly, progress has been made, and the history of translation has become a viable independent research area.This book aims at claiming such autonomy for the field with a renewed vigour. It seeks to explore issues related to methodology as well as a variety of discourses on history with a view to laying the groundwork for new avenues, new models, new methods. It aspires to challenge existing theoretical and ideological frameworks. It looks toward the future of history. It is an attempt to address shortcomings that have prevented translation history from reaching its full disciplinary potential. From microhistory, archaeology, periodization, to issues of subjectivity and postmodernism, methodological lacunae are being filled.Contributors to this volume go far beyond the text to uncover the role translation has played in many different times and settings such as Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle-east and Asia from the 6th century to the 20th. These contributions, which deal variously with the discourses on methodology and history, recast the discipline of translation history in a new light and pave the way to the future of research and teaching in the field.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Methodology

Blank Spaces in the History of Translation

The Impact of Postmodern Discourse on the History of Translation

Conceptualizing the Translator as a Historical Subject in Multilingual Environments: A Challenge for Descriptive Translation Studies?

Microhistory of Translation

Perspectives on the History of Interpretation: Research Proposals

Subjectivity and Rigour in Translation History: The Latin American Case

Translation, History and the Translation Scholar

Current discourses

Literalness and Legal Translation: Myth and False Premises

The Role of Translation in History: The Case of Malraux

Puritan Translations in Israel: Rewriting a History of Translation

Ideologies in the History of Translation: A Case Study on Canadian Political Speeches

Keepers of the Stories: The Role of the Translator in Preserving Histories

"Long Time No See, Coolie": Passing as Chinese through Translation

The Imperial College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco: The First School of Translators and Interpreters in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America

Glosas croniquenses: A Synchronic Bilingual (American Indigenous Languages-Spanish) Set of Glossaries

Translating the New World in Jean de Léry's Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil

The Amadis of Gaul (1803) and The Chronicle of the Cid (1808) by Robert Southey: The Medieval History of Spain Translated

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780776606248

9780776615615

0776615610

9780776626208

0776626205

OCLC:

1055773235

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_578786

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access