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Publication details [#3938]

Holmes, James S. 1988. Rebuilding the bridge at Bommel: notes on the limits of translatability. In Holmes, James S. and Raymond van den Broeck, eds. Translated! Papers on literary translation and Translation Studies (Approaches to Translation Studies 7). Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 45–52.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture=cultural approach | linguistic approach=linguistics | proper name | translatability=untranslatability

Abstract

Starting from the problems posed by a place name, the article discusses the possibilities and consequences at linguistic, intertextual and cultural levels of various translation decisions.

Source : Based on BITRA / J. Franco