Can Theory Help Translators?: A Dialogue Between the Ivory Tower and the Wordface

ISBN-13: 9781138169340 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 8 str.

Andrew Chesterman; Emma Wagner

Opis

Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Is translation theory relevant to translators’ problems?; Chapter 2 Who am I? What am I doing?; Chapter 3 I translate therefore I am not; Chapter 4 What’s it all for?; Chapter 5 How do I get there?; Chapter 6 Is it any good?; Chapter 7 Help!; conclusions Conclusions;

O autorze

Andrew Chesterman, Emma Wagner