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Venuti, Lawrence. 1995. The translator's invisibility: a history of translation (Translation Studies). London: Routledge. 353 pp.
Publication type
Monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
canon | fluency | historical approach=historiography=history | literary approach=literary discourse=literature | literary translation | nationalism=nation studies | strategy=procedure
Main ISBN
0-415-11537-X
Edition info
ISBN Paperback: 0415115388 Also reviewed in: Jeremy Munday (2010). “Translation Studies”. #The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory# 18 (1): 221-238.

Abstract

The translator’s invisibility traces the history of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day. It presents a fascinating and comprehensive account of how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English. Lawrence Venuti locates alternative translation theories and practices in British, American and European cultures.
Source : Bitra

Reviewed by

Delabastita, Dirk. 2010. Review of The translator's invisibility. The Translator 16 (1) : 125–134.
Milton, John. 1995. Review of The translator's invisibility: a history of translation. Linguistica Antverpiensia 29/30 : 197–199.
Durin, Corinne. 1995. Review of The translator's invisibility: a history of translation. In Boulanger, Jean-Claude, ed. Technolectes et dictionnaires [Technolects and dictionaries]. Special issue of Traduction Terminologie Rédaction (TTR) 8 (2): 283–286.
Pagnoulle, Christine. 1997. Review of The translator's invisibility: a history of translation. Perspectives 5 (2) : 285–288.
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil. 1998. Review of The translator's invisibility. Babel 44 (4) : 362–365.