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The Scandals of Translation

Lawrence Venuti
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Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134740635

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Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations. Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize it when it threatens their cultural values. Venuti illustrates his arguments with a wealth of translations from The Bible, the works of Homer, Plato and Wittgenstein, Japanese and West African novels, advertisements and business journalism.

The Scandals of Translation

Lawrence Venuti
The Scandals of Translation Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134740642

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The Scandals of Translation by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations. Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize it when it threatens their cultural values. Venuti illustrates his arguments with a wealth of translations from The Bible, the works of Homer, Plato and Wittgenstein, Japanese and West African novels, advertisements and business journalism.

The Scandals of Translation

Lawrence Venuti
The Scandals of Translation Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780203047873

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The Scandals of Translation by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations. Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize it when it threatens their cultural values. Venuti illustrates his arguments with a wealth of translations from The Bible, the works of Homer, Plato and Wittgenstein, Japanese and West African novels, advertisements and business journalism.

Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation

Sandra Bermann,Michael Wood
Nation Language and the Ethics of Translation Book PDF

Author : Sandra Bermann,Michael Wood
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780691116099

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Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation by Sandra Bermann,Michael Wood Pdf

In recent years, scholarship on translation has moved well beyond the technicalities of converting one language into another and beyond conventional translation theory. With new technologies blurring distinctions between "the original" and its reproductions, and with globalization redefining national and cultural boundaries, "translation" is now emerging as a reformulated subject of lively, interdisciplinary debate. Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation enters the heart of this debate. It covers an exceptional range of topics, from simultaneous translation to legal theory, from the language of exile to the language of new nations, from the press to the cinema; and cultures and languages from contemporary Bengal to ancient Japan, from translations of Homer to the work of Don DeLillo. All twenty-two essays, by leading voices including Gayatri Spivak and the late Edward Said, are provocative and persuasive. The book's four sections--"Translation as Medium and across Media," "The Ethics of Translation," "Translation and Difference," and "Beyond the Nation"--together provide a comprehensive view of current thinking on nationality and translation, one that will be widely consulted for years to come. The contributors are Jonathan E. Abel, Emily Apter, Sandra Bermann, Vilashini Cooppan, Stanley Corngold, David Damrosch, Robert Eaglestone, Stathis Gourgouris, Pierre Legrand, Jacques Lezra, Françoise Lionnet, Sylvia Molloy, Yopie Prins, Edward Said, Azade Seyhan, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Henry Staten, Lawrence Venuti, Lynn Visson, Gauri Viswanathan, Samuel Weber, and Michael Wood.

The Translator's Invisibility

Lawrence Venuti
The Translator s Invisibility Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136617249

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The Translator's Invisibility by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

Since publication over ten years ago, The Translator’s Invisibility has provoked debate and controversy within the field of translation and become a classic text. Providing a fascinating account of the history of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day, Venuti shows how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English and investigates the cultural consequences of the receptor values which were simultaneously inscribed and masked in foreign texts during this period. The author locates alternative translation theories and practices in British, American and European cultures which aim to communicate linguistic and cultural differences instead of removing them. In this second edition of his work, Venuti: clarifies and further develops key terms and arguments responds to critical commentary on his argument incorporates new case studies that include: an eighteenth century translation of a French novel by a working class woman; Richard Burton's controversial translation of the Arabian Nights; modernist poetry translation; translations of Dostoevsky by the bestselling translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky; and translated crime fiction updates data on the current state of translation, including publishing statistics and translators’ rates. The Translator’s Invisibility will be essential reading for students of translation studies at all levels. Lawrence Venuti is Professor of English at Temple University, Philadelphia. He is a translation theorist and historian as well as a translator and his recent publications include: The Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference and The Translation Studies Reader, both published by Routledge.

Fantastic Tales

Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
Fantastic Tales Book PDF

Author : Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939810625

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Fantastic Tales by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti Pdf

Lawrence Venuti, winner of a Guggenheim fellowship and the Global Humanities Translation Prize, among many other awards, has translated into English these Italian Gothic tales of obsessive love, mysterious phobias, and the hellish curse of everlasting life. In this collection of nine eerie stories, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti switches effortlessly between the macabre and the breezily comical. Set in nineteenth-century Italy, his characters court spirits and blend in with the undead: passionate romances filled with jealousy and devotion are fueled by magic elixirs. Time becomes fluid as characters travel between centuries, chasing affairs that never quite prosper. First published by Mercury House in 1992.

The Translation Studies Reader

Lawrence Venuti
The Translation Studies Reader Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780415613477

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The Translation Studies Reader by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

A definitive survey of the most important developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. This new edition includes pre-twentieth century readings and readings from other fields.

Teaching Translation

LAWRENCE VENUTI
Teaching Translation Book PDF

Author : LAWRENCE VENUTI
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317225102

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Teaching Translation by LAWRENCE VENUTI Pdf

Over the past half century, translation studies has emerged decisively as an academic field around the world, and in recent years the number of academic institutions offering instruction in translation has risen along with an increased demand for translators, interpreters and translator trainers. Teaching Translation is the most comprehensive and theoretically informed overview of current translation teaching. Contributions from leading figures in translation studies are preceded by a substantial introduction by Lawrence Venuti, in which he presents a view of translation as the ultimate humanistic task – an interpretive act that varies the form, meaning, and effect of the source text. 26 incisive chapters are divided into four parts, covering: certificate and degree programs teaching translation practices studying translation theory, history, and practice surveys of translation pedagogies and key textbooks The chapters describe long-standing programs and courses in the US, Canada, the UK, and Spain, and each one presents an exemplary model for teaching that can be replicated or adapted in other institutions. Each contributor responds to fundamental questions at the core of any translation course – for example, how is translation defined? What qualifies students for admission to the course? What impact does the institutional site have upon the course or pedagogy? Teaching Translation will be relevant for all those working and teaching in the areas of translation and translation studies. Additional resources for Translation and Interpreting Studies are available on the Routledge Translation Studies Portal.

Translation Changes Everything

Lawrence Venuti
Translation Changes Everything Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780415696289

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Translation Changes Everything by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

Lawrence Venuti is one of the most important theorists in translation studies and his work has helped shape the development of this vibrant field. Translation Changes Everything brings together thirteen of his most significant articles.

The Translation Zone

Emily Apter
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Author : Emily Apter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400841219

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The Translation Zone by Emily Apter Pdf

Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In The Translation Zone, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new comparative literature. Organized around a series of propositions that range from the idea that nothing is translatable to the idea that everything is translatable, The Translation Zone examines the vital role of translation studies in the "invention" of comparative literature as a discipline. Apter emphasizes "language wars" (including the role of mistranslation in the art of war), linguistic incommensurability in translation studies, the tension between textual and cultural translation, the role of translation in shaping a global literary canon, the resistance to Anglophone dominance, and the impact of translation technologies on the very notion of how translation is defined. The book speaks to a range of disciplines and spans the globe. Ultimately, The Translation Zone maintains that a new comparative literature must take stock of the political impact of translation technologies on the definition of foreign or symbolic languages in the humanities, while recognizing the complexity of language politics in a world at once more monolingual and more multilingual.

Contra Instrumentalism

Lawrence Venuti
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Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781496215925

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Contra Instrumentalism by Lawrence Venuti Pdf

Contra Instrumentalism questions the long-accepted notion that translation reproduces or transfers an invariant contained in or caused by the source text. This "instrumental" model of translation has dominated translation theory and commentary for more than two millennia, and its influence can be seen today in elite and popular cultures, in academic institutions and in publishing, in scholarly monographs and in literary journalism, in the most rarefied theoretical discourses and in the most commonly used clichés. Contra Instrumentalism aims to end the dominance of instrumentalism by showing how it grossly oversimplifies translation practice and fosters an illusion of immediate access to source texts. Lawrence Venuti asserts that all translation is an interpretive act that necessarily entails ethical responsibilities and political commitments. Venuti argues that a hermeneutic model offers a more comprehensive and incisive understanding of translation that enables an appreciation of not only the creative and scholarly aspects of what a translator does but also the crucial role translation plays in the cultural and social institutions that shape human life.

Translation and World Literature

Susan Bassnett
Translation and World Literature Book PDF

Author : Susan Bassnett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317246596

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Translation and World Literature by Susan Bassnett Pdf

Translation and World Literature offers a variety of international perspectives on the complex role of translation in the dissemination of literatures around the world. Eleven chapters written by multilingual scholars explore issues and themes as diverse as the geopolitics of translation, cosmopolitanism, changing media environments and transdisciplinarity. This book locates translation firmly within current debates about the transcultural movements of texts and challenges the hegemony of English in world literature. Translation and World Literature is an indispensable resource for students and scholars working in the fields of translation studies, comparative literature and world literature.

视角

Anonim
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Author : Anonim
Publisher : 清华大学出版社有限公司
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Translating and interpreting
ISBN : 7302069433

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视角 by Anonim Pdf

本书由著名学术刊物《视角:翻译学研究》(Perspectives:Studies in Translatology)2002年卷的4期内容为主体合编而成。《视角:翻译学研究》为英语季刊,其特点是:观点新,视角新,跨文化跨学科,从不同的角度揭示翻译学的性质和任务。

Voice-Overs

Daniel Balderston,Marcy E. Schwartz
Voice Overs Book PDF

Author : Daniel Balderston,Marcy E. Schwartz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791487877

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Voice-Overs by Daniel Balderston,Marcy E. Schwartz Pdf

Writers, translators, and critics explore the cultural politics and transnational impact of Latin American literature.

Translation and Global Spaces of Power

Stefan Baumgarten,Jordi Cornellà-Detrell
Translation and Global Spaces of Power Book PDF

Author : Stefan Baumgarten,Jordi Cornellà-Detrell
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788921831

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Translation and Global Spaces of Power by Stefan Baumgarten,Jordi Cornellà-Detrell Pdf

This book focuses on the role of translation in a globalising world. It presents a series of case studies that explore the ways in which translation is subject to ideology and power play across diverging domains and genres. Broadly based on a discussion of 'translation and the economies of power', the chapters examine an array of contextual and textual factors, ranging from global, regional and institutional power relations to the linguistic, stylistic and rhetorical implications of translation decisions. The book maps the multiple ways in which power relations and ideological positions affect cross-cultural communication, with special reference to repressive practices in history, translation policies, media power and commercial hegemonies. It concludes that future translation research will benefit from a more sustained emphasis on the power of technology and economic capital.