1st Edition
Evaluating the Evaluator A Novel Perspective on Translation Quality Assessment
By Hansjörg Bittner
Copyright 2020
296 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
296 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers a theoretical framework for assessing translation quality grounded in supportive argumentation. The volume outlines a systematic framework for translators and translation critics to substantiate their decisions and judgments on a translation’s quality and in the case of negative criticism, put forward a more effective translation solution. The book traces the decision-making... Read more
Introduction
The quality of translation: different approaches
Juliane House
Malcolm Williams
Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast and Klaus Mudersbach
Ernst-August Gutt
Other approaches to translation quality
Approaches to translation quality in the twentieth century
Approaches to translation quality in the twenty-first century
Preliminary assumptions
Defining translation quality and translation quality assessment
Some thoughts on measuring quality
Some thoughts on achieving good quality
Revisiting overt and covert translation
Refining the concept of overt/covert translation: overview
Refining the concept of overt/covert translation: detailed discussion
The problem of subjective evaluation
The problem of subjectivity from a philosophical point of view
The process of translation quality assessment
The problem of subjectivity from a translation studies point of view
How to curb the subjective in translation quality assessment
Towards evaluating the evaluator
Some views on how to evaluate translations
The evaluation of commented translations
Quality factors of translation
The translator’s daffodil
Underlying assumptions
Factor categories
Source text
Language pairs in translation and source text analysis (Nord)
Sender and sender’s intention
Audience and medium
Place and time of communication
Motive for communication and text function
Source text defects
Summary of source text factors
Text form
Intratextual factors
Subject matter and content
Text composition and non-verbal elements
Lexis, syn
Biography
Hansjörg Bittner served as a lecturer at Eastern Mediterranean University (English Literature) and at the University of Hildesheim (Translation Studies). His publications cover poetics, translation theory, and audiovisual translation. A practising translator, he is currently a lecturer at Hof University of Applied Sciences, teaching business English and technical English.
