1st Edition

Translation in Systems Descriptive and System-oriented Approaches Explained

204 Pages

by Routledge

204 Pages

by Routledge

204 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

The notion of systems has helped revolutionize translation studies since the 1970s. As a key part of many descriptive approaches, it has broken with the prescriptive focus on what translation should be, encouraging researchers to ask what translation does in specific cultural settings. From his privileged position as a direct participant in these developments, Theo Hermans explains how... Read more

Preamble: Mann's Fate

1. An Invisible College

Names
Invisible Colleges
Manipulation College?

2. Lines of Approach

'Diagnostic rather than hortatory'
Decisions, Shifts, Metatexts
A Disciplinary Utopia

3. Points of Orientation

4. Undefining Translation

5. Describing Translation

First Attempts
Transemes?
Real Readers
Checklists
Comparative Practice

6. Working with Norms

Decisions and Norms
Toury's Norms
Chesterman's Norms
Norm Theory
Studying Norms

7. Beyond Norms