Translation Universals: Do they exist?
Edited by Anna Mauranen and Pekka Kujamäki
[Benjamins Translation Library, 48] 2004. vi, 224 pp.
Pekka Kujamäki
List of John Benjamins publications for which Pekka Kujamäki plays a role.
Title
Subjects Translation Studies
Articles
2022 Review of Takeda (2021): Interpreters and war crimes Interpreting 24:2, pp. 318–323 | Review
2018 Chapter 4.2. Archives A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects, D’hulst, Lieven and Yves Gambier (eds.), pp. 247–249 | Chapter
2016 Military history and translation studies: Shifting territories, uneasy borders Border Crossings: Translation Studies and other disciplines, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 49–72 | Article
Both translation studies and military history are disciplines which occupy
radically shifting territories, and it has been at their currently uneasy borders
that this conversation on transdisciplinarity has been conducted. The
move from culturally as well as socially visible translational contexts… read more
2006 “Of course Germans have a certain interest in Finland, but…”: Openness to Finnish literature in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s Sociocultural Aspects of Translating and Interpreting, Pym, Anthony, Miriam Shlesinger † and Zuzana Jettmarová (eds.), pp. 41–52 | Article
Johannes and Rita Öhquist were among the most important mediators between Finland and Germany in the first half of the twentieth century. Johannes Öhquist’s unpublished writings, particularly his correspondence with German publishing houses, are especially indicative of the ideological, aesthetic… read more
2004 What happens to “unique items” in learners’ translations? “Theories” and “concepts” as a challenge for novices’ views on “good translation” Translation Universals: Do they exist?, Mauranen, Anna and Pekka Kujamäki (eds.), pp. 187–204 | Article
2001 Finnish comet in German skies: Translation, retranslation and norms Target 13:1, pp. 45–70 | Article
The German comet’s tail of the Finnish Seitsemän veljestä by Aleksis Kivi—eight different translations by six translators—is spread out over the 20th century. As an exceptional case in Finnish-German translation history it provides attractive material for the translation historian interested in the… read more
2001 Do we need a shared ground? Target 13:2, pp. 339–343 | Discussion
Instead of taking a stand on the individual theses presented by Andrew Chesterman (AC) and Rosemary Arrojo (RA), we will focus on the rationale of the three questions that they have chosen as sub-headings for their paper. The questions are: (1) What is Translation? (2) Why is This (Kind of)… read more