Translation terminology and its offshoots

Yves Gambier | University of Turku, Finland

We have today a number of versions in different languages of Terminologie de la traduction / Translation terminology, originally compiled in four languages by Jean Delisle, Hannelore Lee-Jahnke and Monique C. Cormier (1999). To assess how these versions were prepared, nine editors have been contacted by e-mail and asked to respond to a series of questions: How did they proceed to select the terms, to write their definitions, to insert the examples? In a paradoxical way, the answers do not seem to reflect a clear and thorough methodology. The metalanguage of translation is far from enjoying consensus and the way to reach an agreement is all but simple.

Keywords: definitions, adaptation, method, examples, terminological purpose

Published online: 18 January 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/target.19.2.13gam

References

Primary sources

Delisle, Jean, Hannelore Lee-Jahnke and Monique C. Cormier

eds. 1999 Terminologie de la traduction / Translation terminology / Terminología de la traducción / Terminologie der Übersetzung. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 433 pp.

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Foreign versions of Delisle et al. 1999, in chronological order:

2001 (in Finnish): Kääntämisen opetussanasto, translation and adaptation by Yves Gambier et al. University of Turku, Finland. On line http://vanha.hum.utu.fi/centra/pedaterm

2002 (in Arabic): Mustalahat ta’lim at tarjama, translation and adaptation by Gina Abou-Fadel, Henri Awaiss, Jarjoura Hardane and Lina Sader Feghali. Beyrouth, Lebanon: École de traducteurs et d’interprètes, Université St Joseph. Coll. Source-Cible. 183 pages. ISSN 1561-8005.

2002 (in Italian): Terminologia della traduzione, edited by Margherita Ulrych, translation by Caterina Falbo and Martia Teresa Musacchio. Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli. 192 pages. ISBN 88-203-2947-6.

2003 (in Galician): Terminoloxía da traducción, translation by Anxo Fernández Ocampo and Alberto Álvarez Lugrís. Vigo: Servicio de Publicacións da Universidad de Vigo.

2003 (in Dutch): Terminologie van de Vertaling, translation by Henri Bloemen and Winibert Segers. Amsterdam: Vantilt. 213 pages. Reviewed by. C. Marcipont 2003 and S. Linn 2004.

2003 (in Russian): Terminologija perevoda: tolkovyj slovar spravo nik perevod eskich terminov, translation by AM. Gorlatov, Vadim Kolesnikov and Vera Steinhagen. Minsk, Belarus: State Linguistic University of Minsk.

2004 (in Chinese): translation and adaptation by Yifeng Sun and Weike Zhong. Bejing: Foreign Language Teaching and Reseasrch Press. 300 pages.

2004 (in Polish): Terminologia tłumaczenia, translation and adaptation by Teresa Tomaszkiewicz. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. 158 pages. Second edition: 2006.

2005 (in Korean): translation by Lee Yun-Kyang. Seoul: Ewha University.

2005 (in Romanian): Terminologia traducerii, translation and adaptation by Rodica and Leon Baconsky. Cluj-Napoca. 195 pages.

2005 (in Turkish): Açiklamali Çeviri Terimleri Sözlüğü, edited by Barbara Blackwell and Mümtaz Kaya, translation and adaptation by Boztaş Ismael and Şirin Okyayuz Yener. Ankara: Bilkent University, Siyasal Kitabevi. 156 pages. ISBN 975-6325-30-5.

(forthcoming)

(in Afrikaans): translation by Anne Marie Beukes, University of Johannesburg.[ p. 382 ]

(forthcoming)

(in Albanian): translation by Edmont Tupja and Mirela Kumbaro. Tirana: University of Tirana.

(forthcoming)

(in Greek): translation and adaptation by Georgios Floros. Nicosia: University of Cyprus.

(forthcoming)

(in Thai): translation by Maneerat Sawasdiwat Na Ayutthaya. Thanyaburi: Rajamanjala University of Technology.

Secondary sources

Baker, Mona

1998 Routledge encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London and New York: Routledge.

Cammaert, Gustave

2001 (Review of Delisle et al. 1999) Babel 47:1. 183–184.

Gambier, Yves

2001 (Review of Delisle et al. 1999) Target 13:2. 357–362.

Linn, Stella

2004 (Review of the Dutch version of Delisle et al.). Target 16:1. 195–197.

Marcipont, Christian

2003 (Review of the Dutch version of Delisle et al.). Le langage et l’homme 38:1. 195–196.

Sánchez, Maribel Tercedor

2000 (Review of Delisle et al. 1999) Sendebar 10/11. 352–355.

Shuttleworth, Mark and Moira Cowie

1997 Dictionary of Translation Studies. Manchester: St Jerome.

Tatilon, Claude

2000 (Review of Delisle et al. 1999) TTR 13:2. 250–253.

Tomaszkiewicz, Teresa

2004 “Traduire la terminologie de la traduction”. Lucie Gournay and Jean-Marie Merle, eds. Contrastes: Mélanges offerts à Jacqueline Guillemin-Flescher. Paris: Ophrys 2004 315–324.