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Translation Theory for Literary Translators

Translation Theory for Literary Translators

Paperback

Literary CriticismWriting Instruction

ISBN10: 1839992077
ISBN13: 9781839992070
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: Jun 4 2024
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Do translation theorists observe what translators do and develop theories based on that? Do translators gain ideas and tools from studying theories? Or does it go both ways? Or is it neither, and translation scholars are completely separated from practising translators?

In my own translation practice, academic work, and teaching, I find that translation theories, far from being scary and distant from what I do as a translator on a day-to-day basis, actually provide beneficial concepts and strategies that can help me make translatorial decisions. The work of translators like me, in turn, comes to influence the way academics understand and write about what translators do.

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Woodstein, B. J.

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Literary Criticism