Applying Luhmann to Translation Studies: Translation in Society

ISBN-13: 9780367602161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 252 str.

Sergey Tyulenev

Opis

This book deals with one of the most prominent and promising developments in modern Translation Studies--the sociology of translation. Tyulenev develops an original way of applying Luhmann's Social Systems Theory to translation, viewing translation as a social-systemic boundary phenomenon. The book consists of two major parts: in the first, transla

Spis treści

Contents  Introduction  I. System  1: Autopoiesis of Translation  2: Properties of Translation Qua System  3: First- and Second-Order Observations  4: Medium and Forms  5: Code and Programs  II. Subsystem  6: Subsystem/System  7: A Boundary Phenomenon  8: Translation in System’s Evolution  9: Power, Collective Action, and Translation  10: Throughput  Conclusion  Bibliography  Glossary of Key SST Terms

O autorze

Sergey Tyulenev holds a PhD in Linguistics and a PhD in Translation Studies. He is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge. He is interested in the history and sociology of translation. He has published two monographs and numerous articles in translation theory. He also edited dictionaries.