Shared ground in translation studies john benjamins. A new discipline named translation studies appeared in the second half of the 20th century. Translation studies routledge major works routledge july 2009 234x156. This page will be your gateway to books, journal articles, and web resources.
A selection of books to improve your knowlelge of translation studies and theory. Translation studies 1st edition mona baker routledge. The papers cover some relevant topics in translation theory and research. Pdf bananas on names and definitions in translation studies. Recent updates include new samples from a selection of key and recent titles including lawrence venutis teaching translation. It joins the other signs of maturation such as summer schools. Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the. Nida, in whose theory of translation context plays a crucial part, started from a paradigmatic type of context. Other samples include chapter 6 from quantitative research methods in.
We created it to capture some of the key points and lessons learned over two decades of helping. Media and translation should appeal to a broad readership in the humanities and the social sciences generally, and to the media studies and translation studies communities in particular. Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together authoritative original articles on pressing issues including. Welcome to the econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company.
A groundbreaking encyclopedia which explores translation studies, providing. The routledge encyclopedia of translation studies has been the standard reference in the field since it first appeared in 1998. He is a freelance translator and also the author of a number of recognized works in the field of translation studies, including style and ideology in translation 2008, 2 translation. Translation and society discusses why translation should be studied sociologically, reinforces the foundation of the sociologically informed translation research already in existence in the field and. Translation studies fall into theoretical and descriptive, while applied translation studies are seen as extensions of the discipline with the following components. Towards an understanding of the distinctive nature of translation studies. The term translation studies was coined by james s. It provides an authoritative guide to key approaches in translation studies. A catalogue record for this book is available from the british library. Common ground meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. As a meaningful manifestation of how institutionalized the discipline has become, the new handbook of translation studies is most welcome. Journal of king saud university languages and translation 23. Translation and migration is the lifeblood of culture.
Forum discussion on shared ground in translation studies in target 12. Research in translation studies linkedin slideshare. Shared ground in translation studies dependent on shared views of looking at translation. A coursebook on translation by mona baker, translation studies by susan bassnett, the translation s. Providing an introduction to translation studies, this book places a wide range of readings within their.
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a sourcelanguage text by means of an equivalent targetlanguage text. Others, such as the routledge en cyclopedia of translation studies, by. The routledge handbook of translation studies provides a comprehensive, stateoftheart account of the complex field of translation studies. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or. Translating slavery, gender and race in french womens writing, 17831823. Baker 2010, routledge, isbn 9780415469555 masood khoshsaligheh1a 1. Literature regarding translation studies has increased rapidly in recent decades, yet there have been few empirical studies to investigate the research context of translation studies at the global. Introducing translation studies introducing translation studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. This book offers a comprehensive account of the audiovisual translation avt of humour, bringing together insights from translation studies and humour studies to outline the key theories underpinning this growing area of study and their applications to case studies from television and film. This is a selective guide to some of the resources available for translation studies. Translation and migration is the lifeblood of culture even the literature that seems most rooted in one place is animated by writing from elsewhere and trying to keep that influence. Media and translation should appeal to a broad readership in the humanities and the social sciences generally, and to the media studies and translation studies communities in particular, convincingly. Its rapid growth has been accompanied by diverse forms of translation research and. Introducing translation studies introducing translation studies is among the few very best textbooks on translation studies that brings together translation theory and practice.
In order to get us to see translation this way, polizzotti covers familiar ground from his. Translation studies have become an academic interdiscipline that includes many fields of study comparative literature, history, linguistics, philology, philosophy, semiotics, terminology, computational linguistics. Routledge advances in translation and interpreting studies. Full text of the name and nature of translation studies. Shared ground in translation studies andrew chesterman. Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies by mona baker a groundbreaking encyclopedia which explores translation. A companion to translation studies is the first work of its kind. The english language draws a terminological distinction which does not exist in.
Paper 2 shared ground in translation studies 2000 rosemary arrojo. This aim includes the study of who labels the texts, and for what reasons, and whether such attributions change over time. The many contexts of translation studies 7 situation a linguistic 49. The translation studies reader is the definitive reader for the study of this dynamic interdisciplinary field. Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization. We could not read literature in translation, it was argued, without asking ourselves if linguistic and cultural phenomena really were. Introduction ranslation studies, having been based for a.
The discussants, rosemary arrojo and andrew chesterman, explicitly sought common shared ground for both approaches. The common denominator for studies in this field is that translation is carried out on multiple semiotic. Elizabeth lowe, founding director of the center for translation studies at the university of illinois, is professor in the online ms in translation at new york university. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access. Shared ground in translation studies andrew chesterman and. All of the essays are specially commissioned for this. By brian vetruba on 15 may 2017 in comparative literature. Juan goytisolo was married but took male lovers, and fled bourgeois barcelona for the islamic world, which inspired him to launch attacks on the intolerance of his native land. Translation studies has emerged as a thriving interdisciplinary and international area of scholarship.
Main issues of translation studies key texts holmes, james s. Shared ground in translation studies andrew chesterman and rosemary arrojo. Translation studies home research guides at new york. He calls his position an antitheory or commonsense approach. Jeremy munday is senior lecturer in spanish studies and translation at the university of leeds, uk.
The translation studies reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentiethcentury. Research in translation studies sugeng hariyanto source. The second, extensively revised and extended edition brings this unique. This article is an analysis of translations into french of nonstandard literary dialect, in particular the speech of african americans, in william faulkners the sound and the fury. Translation as an object of study rethinking translation studies sanjun sun. Shared ground in translation studies dependent on shared.
Paper 3 what constitutes progress in translation studies. In the late 1970s a new academic discipline was born. Students also choose a specialty legal, economic, technical, scientific or literary translation. Pdf at masters level, students in translation studies may choose to. Pdf rethinking translation studies sanjun sun academia.
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