1st Edition

Translation as Social Action Russian and Bulgarian Perspectives

142 Pages

by Routledge

142 Pages

by Routledge

142 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1993, Translation as Social Action is a varied collection of essays, which addresses translation as social action as its central theme, the book proposes a model of the translator as an agent in his or her own right. Translation is seen not just as a transfer of meanings from one language to another, but rather as an arena in which different cultures meet in the person... Read more

General Editors’ Preface

Introduction

1. Categories for the Study of Translation, Anna Lilova

2. Essential Features and Specific Manifestations of Historical Distance in Original Texts and their Translations, Iliana Vladova

3. The Theory and Practice of Translation, Jakob Retsker

4. Interlanguage Asymmetry and the Prognostication of Transformations in Translation, Vladimir Gak

5. The Problem of the Unit of Translation, Leonid Barkhudarov

6. Equivalence and Adequacy, Alexander Shveitser

7. A Note on Phrasemic Calquing, Andrei Danchev

8. Norms in Translation, Vilen Komissarov

9. Comprehension, Style, Translation, and their Interaction, Margarita Brandes

10. A Psychological Analysis of Translation as a Type of Speech Activity, Irina Zimnyaya