LINGUIST List 23.298 Mon Jan 16 2012 Diss: Translation/English/Italian: Russo: 'For a Methodology of ...' Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Daniele Russo , For a Methodology of Translation Criticism: The Italian translations of The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Message 1: For a Methodology of Translation Criticism: The Italian translations of The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Date: 14-Jan-2012 From: Daniele Russo <danijel.russogmail.com> Subject: For a Methodology of Translation Criticism: The Italian translations of The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad E-mail this message to a friend Institution: University of Milan Program: English Studies Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2011 Author: Daniele Russo Dissertation Title: For a Methodology of Translation Criticism: The Italian translations of The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad Linguistic Field(s): Translation Subject Language(s): English (eng)                             Italian (ita) Dissertation Director: Maria Luisa Bignami Giovanni Iamartino Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation is held by the overarching idea that a precise metalanguage should be required when we intend to critically talk about translations as texts. Due to the lack of communication between the translation industry and academic research, on the one hand the notions heralded by Translation Studies are regarded as 'parochial' by professionals (a category that includes editors, proof-readers, translation agencies, translation teachers, etc.), who oftentimes prefer relying exclusively upon their own professional experience. On the other hand scholars sometimes fail to make their findings accessible to the whole community of practitioners. The goal of the dissertation was to bridge this gap and develop a model that combines various contributions in order to provide a source of translational metalanguage that can be used to assess or discuss a translation. The model was tested against a case study, which is a text in English - The Secret Sharer - having different translations in Italian. The aim of analysing multiple parallel translations of the same text was not to 'compare' them in a merely contrastive way, but to see what kind of results may be obtained through such a model. Translation memory tools and corpus linguistics applications were employed in the analytic phase. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Jan-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.