Translation quality assessment : an argumentation-centred approach / Malcolm Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Malcolm, 1946-

Series:

Perspectives on translation.

Perspectives on translation, 1480-7734

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Evaluation.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Outlining an original, discourse-based model for translation quality assessment that goes beyond conventional microtextual error analysis, Malcolm Williams explores the potential of transferring reasoning and argument as the prime criterion of translation quality. Assessment through error analysis is inevitably based on an error count - an unsatisfactory means of establishing, and justifying, differences in quality that forces the evaluator to focus on subsentence elements rather than the key messages of the source text. Williams counters that a judgment of translation quality should be b

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Developing an argumentation-centred TQA model; Chapter One: The present state of TQA and study objectives; Chapter Two: Overview of argumentation framework and argument schema; Chapter Three: Rhetorical topology; Chapter Four: Defining major error, testing the model, and determining the quality standard: preparatory steps; Part II: Testing and refining the model and defining a quality standard; Chapter Five: Testing the model; Chapter Six: Refining the model; Chapter Seven: ARTRAQ and development of a standard; Conclusion; 1. TQA model

2. Definition of error3. Definition of translation quality standard; Appendix One: Model assessment; Appendix Two: Terminology; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and index.

ISBN:

9780776617367

0776617362

OCLC:

180765363