Translation as Social Action: Russian and Bulgarian Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138367715 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 138 str.

Opis

Originally published in 1993, Translation as Social Action is a varied collection of essays, which addresses translation as social action as its central theme, the book proposes a model of the translator as an agent in his or her own right. Translation is seen not just as a transfer of meanings from one language to another, but rather as an arena in which different cultures meet in the person of the translator. This perspective provides a complete contrast to Western translation studies, concerned with whether or not translation is really possible. Together the essays reveal a distinct tradition grappling with the most important topics in translation studies in ways that are different and challenging. The collection is essential reading for translation studies, as well as providing an interesting perspective on comparative literature and Eastern European studies.

Spis treści

General Editors’ Preface  Introduction  1. Categories for the Study of Translation  2. Essential Features and Specific Manifestations of Historical Distance in Original Texts and their Translations  3. The Theory and Practice of Translation  4. Interlanguage Asymmetry and the Prognostication of Transformations in Translation  5. The Problem of the Unit of Translation  6. Equivalence and Adequacy  7. A Note on Phrasemic Calquing  8. Norms in Translation  9. Comprehension, Style, Translation, and their Interaction  10. A Psychological Analysis of Translation as a Type of Speech Activity  11. A Cognitive Approach to Translation Equivalence  12. Sense and its Expression Through Language  13. Realia in Translation  Index

O autorze

Palma Zlateva