1st Edition

Writing a Translation Commentary

By Penélope Johnson Copyright 2023
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

This essential textbook is a step-by-step guide to how to write a self-reflective translation commentary, a key requirement of most courses on translation. Starting with source text analysis, it guides students in how to set out a translation strategy and goes through the most common challenging issues encountered, thus enabling students to set out their translation priorities in an informed... Read more

 

Biography

Penélope Johnson is an Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. She is currently the co-director of the MA in Translation Studies at Durham University. She has published articles on poetry translation, translating multilingual texts, and translator training. She has recently translated into Spanish the fact-based novel by Kim Kupperman (2018), Five Thousand Miles to Home.