LINGUIST List 12.1161

Fri Apr 27 2001

Books: Translation

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sean Hanrahan, Translation: Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications; by Jeremy Munday

		

Jeremy Munday, University of Surrey, UK, INTRODUCING
TRANSLATION STUDIES Theories and Applications

Introducing Translation Studies is an introductory textbook providing
an accessible overview of the key contributions to translation
theory. Jeremy Munday explores each theory chapter-by-chapter and
tests the different approaches by applying them to texts. The texts
discussed are taken from a broad range of languages - English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Punjabi, and Portugese - and English
translations are provided. A very wide variety of text types is
analyzed, including a tourist brochure, a children's cookery book, a
Harry Potter novel, the Bible, literary reviews and translators'
prefaces, film translation, a technical text, and a European
Parliament speech. Each chapter includes the following features:

* a table introducing key concepts
* an introduction outlining the translation theory or
theories illustrative texts with translations
* a chapter summary
* discussion points and exercises.
Including a general introduction, an extensive bibliography,
and suggested web sites to explore, this is a practical,
user-friendly textbook that gives a balanced and
comprehensive insight into translation studies.

		Routledge June 2001 224 pp 10 illustrations
		HB 041522926X $85.00 �50.00
		PB 0415229278 $24.95 �14.99
		
Introduction
Main Issues of Translation Studies
Translation Theory before the Twentieth Century
Equivalence and Equivalent Effect
The Translation Shift Approach
Functional Theories of Translation
Discourse and Register Analysis Approaches
Systems Theories
Varieties of Cultural Studies
Translating the Foreign: The (In)visibility of Translation
Philosophical Theories of Translation
Translation Studies as an Interdiscipline