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Snell-Hornby, Mary. 1990. Linguistic transcoding or cultural transfer: a critique of translation theory in Germany. In Bassnett, Susan and André Lefevere, eds. Translation, history and culture. London: Pinter. pp. 79–85.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
case study | criticism=translation criticism | cultural turn | culture=cultural approach | transfer=transmission | Translation Studies

Abstract

The article offers a summary of contemporary translation theory in Germany since World War II. The article calls for a cultural turn and to a certain extent excludes literary translation from the achievements of current translation studies.
Source : BITRA/ J. Franco