The name and nature of translation studies

A reappraisal

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ID5812293
AuthorsJeremy Munday (0000-0001-9870-3668, University of Leeds), Elizaveta Vasserman (0000-0001-6962-0417, University of Leeds)
Year2022
Volume8
Issue2
Pages101-113
Publication date2022-07-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTranslation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2352-1805 • E-ISSN: 2352-1813
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ttmc.00089.mun
OpenAlexW4284677831
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited15

James Stratton Holmes (Iowa, 1924 - Amsterdam, 1986) is known as both a major translator/editor of poetry from Dutch ( Brems and McMartin 2020 , 2021 ) and as a teacher and researcher of translation, whose professional career was centred in the Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam. He has had a long-lasting influence on the development of the field of translation as an academic subject with his landmark essay "The Name and Nature of Translation Studies". First presented at a 1972 conference in Copenhagen, it is "generally regarded as the founding statement of the discipline" ( Gentzler 2001 , 93). Yet, fifty years on, how valid is that essay in today's context? We present a review and reappraisal of the essay in the context of Holmes' academic work as a whole and we raise a few questions about the future and history of the discipline

Statement (logic · Translation studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Translation Studies and Practices

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