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Venuti, Lawrence and Mona Baker. 2000. The Translation Studies reader. London: Routledge. 544 pp.

Publication type

Reference work

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical approach=historiography=history | theory=translation theory=interpreting theory | Translation Studies

Main ISBN

0-415-18747-8

Edition info

ISBN Paperback: 041518746X

Abstract

This reader with texts from translation history provides an introduction to translation studies, and places a wide range of readings within their social, thematic, and historical contexts. The selections included are from the 20th century, with a particular focus on the last thirty years of the century. Features include: organization into five chronological sections, divided by decade; an introductory essay prefacing each section; a detailed bibliography and suggestions for further reading.

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Articles in this volume

Benjamin, Walter. The task of the translator: an introduction to the translation of Baudelaire's Tableaux Parisiens. 15–25

Pound, Ezra. Guido's relations. 26–33

Borges, Jorge Luis. The translators of The thousand and one nights. 34–48

Ortega y Gasset, José. The misery and the splendor of translation. 49–63

Nabokov, Vladimir. Problems of translation: Onegin in English. 71–83

Vinay, Jean-Paul and Jean Darbelnet. A methodology for translation. 84–93

Quine, Willard V.O. Meaning and translation. 94–112

Jakobson, Roman. On linguistic aspects of translation. 113–125

Nida, Eugene Albert. Principles of correspondence. 126–140

Catford, J. C. Translation shifts. 141–147

Levý, Jiří. Translation as a decision process. 148–159

Reiss, Katharina. Type, kind and individuality of text: decision making in translation. 160–171

Holmes, James S. The name and nature of Translation Studies. 172–185

Steiner, George. The hermeneutic motion. 186–191

Even-Zohar, Itamar. The position of translated literature within the literary polysystem. 192–197

Toury, Gideon. The nature and role of norms in literary translation. 198–211

Vermeer, Hans Josef. Skopos and commission in translational action. 221–232

Lefevere, André. Mother courage's cucumbers: text, system and refraction in a theory of literature. 233–249

Frawley, William. Prolegomenon to a theory of translation. 252–263

Lewis, Philip E. The measure of translation effects. 264–282

Berman, Antoine. Translation and the trials of the foreign. 284–297

Blum-Kulka, Shoshana. Shifts of cohesion and coherence in translation. 298–313

Chamberlain, Lori. Gender and the metaphorics of translation. 314–329

Brisset, Annie. The search for a native language: translation and cultural identity. 343–375

Gutt, Ernst-August. Translation as interlingual interpretive use. 376–396

Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. The politics of translation. 397–416

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. Thick translation. 417–429

Hatim, Basil and Ian Mason. Politeness in screen translating. 430–445

Harvey, Keith. Translating camp talk: gay identities and cultural transfer. 446–467

Venuti, Lawrence. Translation, community, utopia. 468–488

Reviewed by

Chaume Varela, Frederic. 2001. Review of The Translation Studies reader. Perspectives 9 (2) : 151–153.

Koster, Cees. 2002. Review of The Translation Studies reader. Target 14 (1) : 178–181.

Zaro, Juan Jesús. 2001. Review of The Translation Studies reader. Trans 6 : 272–273.