1st Edition

Can Theory Help Translators? A Dialogue Between the Ivory Tower and the Wordface

By Andrew Chesterman, Emma Wagner Copyright 2002
    156 Pages
    by Routledge

    156 Pages
    by Routledge

    Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.

    Chapter 1 Is translation theory relevant to translators’ problems?; Chapter 2 Who am I? What am I doing?; Chapter 3 I translate therefore I am not; Chapter 4 What’s it all for?; Chapter 5 How do I get there?; Chapter 6 Is it any good?; Chapter 7 Help!; conclusions Conclusions;

    Biography

    Andrew Chesterman, Emma Wagner