Translating the English academic article for a French readership in 1686

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ID11828109
AuthorsDavid Banks (0000-0002-2376-0710, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume3
Issue1
Pages93-129
Publication date2020-10-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage, Context and Text. The Social Semiotics Forum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2589-7233 • E-ISSN: 2589-7241
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/langct.19008.ban
OpenAlexW3092261924
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Previous studies of translations from the Philosophical Transactions to the Journal des Sçavans in 1665 and 1675 showed that the translators adopted a strategy of selective translation. The present study looks at five examples published in 1686. Selective translation is again in evidence. Analyses of thematic structure and process types, however, show only slight differences, but with biases towards constant progression and material processes in the French versions. It is suggested that this can be explained by the translator adapting his texts to his readership. Whereas the Philosophical Transactions was restricted to questions of science and technology, the Journal des Sçavans dealt with all the academic disciplines of the time, and thus had a wider readership than its English counterpart

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