Descriptive Translation Studies and BeyondA 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. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION A Case for Descriptive Translation Studies | 1 |
PART ONE The Pivotal Position of Descriptive Studies and DTS | 7 |
PART TWO A Rationale for Descriptive Translation Studies | 21 |
Chapter 1 Translations as Facts of a Target Culture An Assumption and Its Methodological Implications | 23 |
Excursus A Pseudotranslations and Their Significance | 40 |
Chapter 2 The Nature and Role of Norms in Translation | 53 |
Chapter 3 Constituting a Method for Descriptive Studies | 70 |
Chapter 4 The Coupled Pair of Replacing + Replaced Segments | 87 |
Excursus B Translation of Literary Texts vs Literary Translation | 166 |
Chapter 9 Studying Interim Solutions Possibilities and Implications | 181 |
Chapter 10 A Translation Comes into Being Hamlets Monologue in Hebrew | 193 |
Chapter 11 TranslationSpecific Lexical Items and Their Lexicographical Treatment | 206 |
Chapter 12 Experimentation in Translation Studies Achievements Prospects and Some Pitfalls | 221 |
Excursus C A Bilingual Speaker Becomes a Translator A Tentative Development Model | 241 |
PART FOUR Beyond Descriptive Studies Towards Laws of Translational Behaviour | 259 |
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Chapter 5 An Exemplary Study in Descriptive Studies Conjoint Phrases as Translational Solutions | 102 |
PART THREE TranslationinContext An Assortment of Case Studies | 113 |
Chapter 6 Between a Golden Poem and a Shakespearean Sonnet | 114 |
Chapter 7 A Lesson from Indirect Translation | 129 |
Chapter 8 Literary Organization and Translation Strategies A Text is Sifted Through a Mediating Model | 147 |
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The series Benjamins Translation Library | 312 |
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| Title | Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond Volume 4 of Benjamins translation library |
| Author | Gideon Toury |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing, 1995 |
| ISBN | 9027221456, 9789027221452 |
| Length | 311 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting |
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