The role of translations in European scientific exchanges in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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ID23246229
AuthorsIsabelle Pantin (0009-0000-1488-2276, Université Paris Cité, corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages163-179
Publication date2007-03-29
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCultural Translation in Early Modern Europe (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511497193.010
OpenAlexW763469557
ISBN9780511497193
LanguageEN
Citations received7

The aim of this chapter is to study the role of translations in the spread of scientific texts from the sixteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. My personal interests, my training and the lack of primary research in the field have all influenced the method followed here. The necessary means to study translations as a general process which could be quantified, or even mapped, are lacking for this period, unlike for the twentieth century. In any case, scientific books represent but a small part of the mass of translations made during the period considered, and I am not convinced that a quantifying approach would be particularly illuminating. This study examines the extent to which translations reveal not so much the transformations of the scientists' work, than the transformations of its cultural context. Being mainly concerned with the motives and aims of the translations, I have resorted, for the most part, to case studies.

Ancient history · Art · Literature · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · History

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