Questions for Translation Studies

Douglas Robinson | Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen

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This is a book in the classical Quaestiones genre, like the Tusculanae Quaestiones (“Tusculan questions”) of Cicero (around 45 BCE) and the Quæstiones disputatæ de Veritate (“disputed questions on truth”) of St. Thomas Aquinas (1256-1259). It seeks to ask seven series of questions about key theoretical approaches to the study of translation: three on equivalence theories (semantic equivalence, dynamic equivalence, and deverbalization), three on Descriptive Translation Studies (norms, Toury’s laws, and the translator’s narratoriality), and one on the translator’s visibility. Each “Question” (chapter) charts a circuitous course through past answers to new questions and new answers, drawing especially on the theoretical traditions of hermeneutics, phenomenology, and 4EA cognitive science. The book will guide both veteran and novice scholars of translation deep into the complexities besetting the seven keywords.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 162] 2023. v, 273 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.162

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. Questions for equivalence theories

Question 1. What is semantic equivalence, and what might it become if we thought about it more carefully? | pp. 10–40

Question 2. What is dynamic in Nida’s dynamic equivalence? | pp. 41–66

Question 3. What is the deverbalized sens in the théorie du sens? | pp. 67–92

Part II. Questions for Descriptive Translation Studies

Question 4. How are norms formed? | pp. 94–132

Question 5. What is the legal status of Gideon Toury’s laws of translation? | pp. 133–187

Question 6. In what sense does a translator narrate? | pp. 188–217

Conclusion

Question 7. What exactly is the translator’s visibility, and how can it be achieved? | pp. 220–246

References | pp. 247–264

Index | pp. 265–273

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Cited by two other publications

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Subjects

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Translation Studies

Main BIC Subject

CFP: Translation & interpretation

Main BISAC Subject

LAN023000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

ONIX Metadata

ONIX 2.1

ONIX 3.0

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2023028946 | Marc record