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Mason, Ian. 2004. Text parameters in translation: transitivity and institutional cultures. In Venuti, Lawrence. The Translation Studies reader. London: Routledge. pp. 470–481.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
culture=cultural approach | institution=policy=institutional environment=organisation | interculturality=transculturality=cross-culturality | rule (translation) | text=textual aspects | translator=translator's role=translator studies
Reprint of
Mason, Ian. 2003. Text parameters in translation: transitivity and institutional cultures. In Gerzymisch-Arbogast, Heidrun, Eva Hajičová and Petr Sgall, eds. Textologie und Translation [Textology and translation and interpreting] (Jahrbuch Übersetzen und Dolmetschen 4/II). Tübingen: Gunter Narr. pp. 175–188.

Abstract

In this artcle, the author investigates institutional translations. Large institutions sometimes develop translating cultures of their own. This might happen because guidelines are ditributed to all translators working for the institution, but it can also be a development that grows over a period of years out of shared experience. Not much has been written about this phenomenon, except for some limited studies. . A key quastion for the author is whether the guidelines issued by institutions affect actual translational practice in any uniform way?
Source : F. Note