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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817019403321

Autore

Snell-Hornby Mary

Titolo

The turns of translation studies : new paradigms or shifting viewpoints? / / Mary Snell-Hornby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2006

ISBN

1-282-15612-8

9786612156120

90-272-9383-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Benjamins translation library, , 0929-7316 ; ; v. 66

Disciplina

418/.02072

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - Research - History

Translating and interpreting - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Turns of Translation Studies -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- dedication page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Translation Studies -- 1.1 Great precursors -- 1.2 Paving the way: from Jakobson to Paepcke -- 1.3 The pragmatic turn in linguistics -- 1.4 The legacy of James Holmes -- 2. The cultural turn of the 1980s -- 2.1 Descriptive Translation Studies: The "Manipulation School" revisited -- 2.2 The skopos theory and its functional approach -- 2.3 The model of translatorial action -- 2.4 Deconstruction, or the "cannibalistic" approach -- 2.5 The 1980s in retrospect -- 3. The "interdiscipline" of the 1990s -- 3.1 Beyond language -- 3.1.1 Of norms, memes and ethics -- 3.1.2 Translation and nonverbal communication -- 3.1.3 Translating multimodal texts -- 3.2 "Imperial eyes" -- 3.2.1 Postcolonial translation -- 3.2.2 Gender-based Translation Studies -- 3.3 The positions of the reader -- 3.3.1 Applying a functional model of translation critique -- 4. The turns of the 1990s -- 4.1 The empirical turn -- 4.1.1 New fields of interpreting studies -- 4.1.2 Empirical studies in translation -- 4.2 The globalization turn -- 4.2.1 Technology and the translator -- 4.2.2 Translation and advertising -- 4.2.3 The empire of English -- 4.3 Venuti's foreignization: a new paradigm? -- 5. At the turn of the millenium -- 5.1 The U-turns - back to square one? -- 5.2 New



paradigms or shifting viewpoints? -- 5.3 "Make dialogue, not war": Moving towards a "translation turn" -- 6. Translation studies - future perspectives -- References -- Subject index -- Author index -- The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Sommario/riassunto

What's new in Translation Studies? In offering a critical assessment of recent developments in the young discipline, this book sets out to provide an answer, as seen from a European perspective today. Many "new" ideas actually go back well into the past, and the German Romantic Age proves to be the starting-point. The main focus lies however on the last 20 years, and, beginning with the cultural turn of the 1980s, the study traces what have turned out since then to be ground-breaking contributions (new paradigms) as against what was only a change in position on already established territory (shifting viewpoints). Topics of the 1990s include nonverbal communication, gender-based Translation Studies, stage translation, new fields of interpreting studies and the effects of new technologies and globalization (including the increasingly dominant role of English). The author's aim is to stimulate discussion and provoke further debate on the current profile and future perspectives of Translation Studies.