The Translation Studies ReaderLawrence Venuti The Translation Studies Reader is the definitive reader for the study of this dynamic interdisciplinary field. Providing an introduction to translation studies, this book places a wide range of readings within their social, thematic, and historical contexts. The selections included are from the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the last thirty years of the century. Features include: *Organization into five chronological sections, divided by decade *An introductory essay prefacing each section *A detailed bibliography and suggestions for further reading. Readings: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Walter Benjamin, Antoine Berman, Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Jorge Luis Borges, Annie Brisset, J.C. Catford, Lori Chamberlain, Jean Darbelnet and Jean-Paul Vinay, Itamar Even-Zohar, William Frawley, Ernst-August Gutt, Keith Harvey, Basil Hatim and Ian Mason, James S. Holmes, Roman Jakobson, Andre Lefevere, Jiri Levy, Philip E. Lewis, Vladimir Nabakov, Eugen Nida, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Ezra Pound, Willard V.O. Quine, Katharina Reiss, Gayatri Spivak, George Steiner, Gideon Toury, Hans J. Vermeer A new piece by Lawrence Venuti suggests the future of translation studies. |
Contents
Walter Benjamin THE TASK OF THE TRANSLATOR | 13 |
Steven Kendall A note on Harry Zohns translation | 21 |
Ezra Pound GUIDOS RELATIONS | 24 |
Jorge Luis Borges THE TRANSLATORS OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS | 32 |
José Ortega y Gasset THE MISERY AND THE SPLENDOR OF TRANSLATION | 47 |
1940s1950s | 63 |
Vladimir Nabokov PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION ONEGIN IN ENGLISH | 69 |
JeanPaul Vinay and Jean Darbelnet A METHODOLOGY FOR TRANSLATION | 82 |
1980s | 211 |
Hans J Vermeer SKOPOS AND COMMISSION IN TRANSLATIONAL ACTION | 219 |
André Lefevere MOTHER COURAGES CUCUMBERS Text system and refraction in a theory of literature | 231 |
William Frawley PROLEGOMENON TO A THEORY OF TRANSLATION | 248 |
Phillip E Lewis THE MEASURE OF TRANSLATION EFFECTS | 262 |
Antoine Berman TRANSLATION AND THE TRIALS OF THE FOREIGN | 282 |
Shoshana BlumKulka SHIFTS OF COHESION AND COHERENCE IN TRANSLATION | 296 |
Lori Chamberlain GENDER AND THE METAPHORICS OF TRANSLATION | 312 |
Willard VO Quine MEANING AND TRANSLATION | 92 |
Roman Jakobson ON LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF TRANSLATION | 111 |
1960s1970s | 117 |
Eugene Nida PRINCIPLES OF CORRESPONDENCE | 124 |
JC Catford TRANSLATION SHIFTS | 139 |
Jiří Levý TRANSLATION AS A DECISION PROCESS | 146 |
Katharina Reiss TYPE KIND AND INDIVIDUALITY OF TEXT Decision making in translation | 158 |
James S Holmes THE NAME AND NATURE OF TRANSLATION STUDIES | 170 |
George Steiner THE HERMENEUTIC MOTION | 184 |
Itamar EvenZohar THE POSITION OF TRANSLATED LITERATURE WITHIN THE LITERARY POLYSYSTEM | 190 |
Gideon Toury THE NATURE AND ROLE OF NORMS IN TRANSLATION | 196 |
1990s | 329 |
Annie Brisset THE SEARCH FOR A NATIVE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY | 341 |
ErnstAugust Gutt TRANSLATION AS INTERLINGUAL INTERPRETIVE USE | 374 |
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak THE POLITICS OF TRANSLATION | 395 |
Kwame Anthony Appiah THICK TRANSLATION | 415 |
Basil Hatim and Ian Mason POLITENESS IN SCREEN TRANSLATING | 428 |
Keith Harvey TRANSLATING CAMP TALK Gay identities and cultural transfer | 444 |
Lawrence Venuti TRANSLATION COMMUNITY UTOPIA | 466 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 487 |
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