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The Moving Text
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 128.00For the discourse of localization, translation is often "just a language problem". For translation theorists, localization introduces fancy words but nothing essentially new. Both views are probably right, but only to an extent. This book sets up a dialogue across those differences. Is there anything that translation theory can gain from localization?... more...
On Translator Ethics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 120.00This is about people, not texts ? a translator ethics seeks to embrace the intercultural identity of the translatory subject, in its full array of possible actions. Based on seminars originally given at the Collčge International de Philosophie in Paris, this translation from French has been fully revised by the author and extended to include critical... more...
Exploring Translation Theories
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 43.00Exploring Translation Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of the key traditional and contemporary paradigms of translation theory. The book builds on Western theories of translation, starting with a survey of the classical twentieth-century linguistic approaches before moving on to more recent models such as cultural translation. Each... more...
Sociocultural Aspects of Translating and Interpreting
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2006; US$ 158.00Translation Studies has recently been searching for connections with Cultural Studies and Sociology. This volume brings together a range of ways in which the disciplines can be related, particularly with respect to research methodologies. The key aspects covered are the agents behind translation, the social histories revealed by translations, the perceived... more...
Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 165.00To go ?beyond? the work of a leading intellectual is rarely an unambiguous tribute. However, when Gideon Toury founded Descriptive Translation Studies as a research-based discipline, he laid down precisely that intellectual challenge: not just to describe translation, but to explain it through reference to wider relations. That call offers at once... more...
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