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Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
► pp. 1–38

(Literary) Translator Studies

Shaping the field

| University of Vienna
Article outline
  • In search of the translator
  • The translator lost and found: From Translation Science to Translator Studies
    • Keeping the door closed: Dehumanized Translation Science
    • Searching for an exit: The rising awareness of the human factor
    • Finding keys: Moving closer to the translatorial subject
  • Translator Studies: A house with many rooms
    • What does the humanization of Translation Studies mean?
    • Translator Studies: Shaping the field
    • Frameworks, paradigms, perspectives
    • Concepts
  • The aims of Translator Studies
  • The focus of the book: The literary translator
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 3 May 2021
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