A visual tour of Introducing Translation Studies List of figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Main issues of translation studies Chapter 2 Translation theory before the twentieth century Chapter 3 Equivalence and equivalent effect Chapter 4 Studying translation product and process Chapter 5 Functional theories of translation Chapter 6 Discourse and Register analysis approaches Chapter 7 Systems theories Chapter 8 Cultural and ideological turns Chapter 9 The role of the translator: visibility, ethics and sociology Chapter 10 Philosophical approaches to translation Chapter 11 New directions from the new media Chapter 12 Research and commentary projects Notes Bibliography Index

Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications

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The Translator As Communicator

1. Preface 2. Chapter 1. Survival machines for memes 3. Chapter 2. the evolution of translation memes 4. Chapter 3. From memes to norms 5. Chapter 4. Translation strategies 6. Chapter 5. Translation as theory 7. Chapter 6. The development of tranlational competence 8. Chapter 7. On translation ethnics 9. Epilogue 10. Appendix 11. References 12. Author index 13. Subject index

Memes of Translation: The spread of ideas in translation theory

Published at a time of unprecedented growth of interest in translation, the Dictionary of Translation Studies aims to present the insights of a number of different approaches to translation in an unbiased, non-partisan way. With more than 300 articles, this essential volume provides the reader with a snapshot of a rapidly developing discipline, based on work produced in serveral languages.
 
With a clear, easy-to-follow layout, the Dictionary provides a comprehensive and highly accessible survey of key terms and concepts (such as Abusive Translation, Equivalence, Informationsangebot, Minimax Principle, Texteme and Thick Translation), types of activity (Autotranslation, Dubbing, Signed Language Interpreting), and schools and approaches (Leipzig School, Manipulation School, Nitra School).
 
Each term is presented within the context in which it first occurred and is given a definition which is both clear and informative. Major entries include a discussion of relevant viewpoints as well as comments on how the usage and application of the term have developed subsequent to its coining. In addition, all entries provide suggestions for further reading, and there is an extensive bibliography included at the end.
 
This is an indispensable tool for anyone studying or teaching translation at university level.

Dictionary of Translation Studies

O presente e uma traducao do capitulo Descriptions - the intellectual background, que complementa o capitulo 5 do livro Exploring Translations Studies (2010), de Anthony Pym. O capitulo traca a ligacao entre o Formalismo Russo e algumas vertentes dos Estudos da Traducao surgidas ao longo do seculo XIX. Passa pelos esforcos realizados em Praga (Circulo de Praga), Bratislava e Leipzig e pelos realizados em Holland e Flandres, mas foca-se principalmente na Escola de Tel Aviv, onde atuam Itamar Even-Zohar e Gideon Toury, os principais proponentes dos Estudos Descritivos da Traducao (EDT). Ao analisar esse contexto academico, descreve o tipo de analise proposto por esses teoricos e discute as vantagens e desvantagens desse paradigma, problematizando os conceitos de “deslocamentos tradutorios”, “traducoes assumidas” e “normas”. A traducao aqui apresentada pretende trazer o texto de Pym com a clareza e fluidez que caracterizam o original, para que ele sirva tanto como referencial historico, quanto texto introdutorio aos Estudos da Traducao.

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Exploring Translation Theories

Grundlegung einer allgemeinen Translationstheorie

In his 1989 essay, Hans Vermeer highlights the translator’s skopos or aim as a decisive factor in a translation project. He conceives of the skopos as a complexly defined intention whose textual realization may diverge widely from the source text so as to reach a “set of addressees” in the translating culture. The success of a translation depends on its coherence with the addressees’ situation. Although the possible responses to a text cannot be entirely predicted, a typology of potential audiences might guide the translator’s labor and the historical study of translation.

Skopos and commission in translational action

Fragen insbesondere der Unterrichtsmittel und deren Erstellung, der Lernzielkontrolle und der Prüfungsanforderungen und -verfahren schließt sich für den vorliegenden Beitrag als zu fachspezifisch aus. 1 Die in dersog. reformierten Oberstufe der Gymnasien anzutreffende Ausgangslage ist ganz Ähnlich. Verl. hat dazu eine Untersuchung angestellt, die in Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 3/74 unter dem Titel Fremdsprachliches Können vor der Textbehandlung In der gymnasialen Oberstufe (S. 319 ff.) abgedruckt ist. 2 Natürlich werden auch hier in beschränktem Umfang Aussprache-, Hörund Sprechübungen notwendig sein, um einen Text lebendig werden zu lassen; doch haben diese Übungen nur eine dienende Funktion. (Vgl. T. Rülcker, Der NeuSprachenunterricht an höheren Schulen, Frankfurt/M., 1969, S. 88 f.)

Hans J. Vermeer

Papers

Grundlegung einer allgemeinen Translationstheorie

Skopos and commission in translational action

Ein Rahmen für eine allgemeine Translationstheorie

A skopos theory of translation : some arguments for and against

Fundamentos para una teoría funcional de la traducción