Descriptive Translation Studies – and beyond

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ID23397980
AuthorsGideon Toury (Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), Gideon Tourey
Year1995
Pages307
Publication date1995-05-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDescriptive Translation Studies (Benjamins Translation Library) (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/btl.4
OpenAlexW4230225957
Open LibraryOL9582835M
ISBN9789027221452
LanguageEN
Citations received827

A replacement of the author's well-known book on Translation Theory, In Search of a Theory of Translation (1980), this book makes a case for Descriptive Translation Studies as a scholarly activity as well as a branch of the discipline, having immediate consequences for issues of both a theoretical and applied nature. Methodological discussions are complemented by an assortment of case studies of various scopes and levels, with emphasis on the need to contextualize whatever one sets out to focus on. Part One deals with the position of descriptive studies within TS and justifies the author's choice to devote a whole book to the subject. Part Two gives a detailed rationale for descriptive studies in translation and serves as a framework for the case studies comprising Part Three. Concrete descriptive issues are here tackled within ever growing contexts of a higher level: texts and modes of translational behaviour — in the appropriate cultural setup; textual components — in texts, and through these texts, in cultural constellations. Part Four asks the question: What is knowledge accumulated through descriptive studies performed within one and the same framework likely to yield in terms of theory and practice?This is an excellent book for higher-level translation courses.

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Translation (biology) · Chemistry · Comparative and World Literature · Computer Science · Philosophy · Publishing and Scholarly Communication · Translation Studies and Practices · Translating and interpreting · Translation & interpretation

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