In and Out of English For Better, For Worse

by Anderman, Gunilla; Rogers , Margaret

• ISBN13: 9781853597886
• ISBN10: 1853597880
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

In and out of English: For Better, For Worse? is concerned with the impact of English as the lingua franca of today’s world, in particular its relationship with the languages of Europe. Within this framework a number of themes are explored, including linguistic imperialism, change as the result of language contact, the concept of the English native speaker, and the increasing need in an enlarged Europe for translation into as well as out of English.

Author Biography

Gunilla Anderman is Professor of Translation Studies in the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey. Having gained her PhD in Theoretical Linguistics, she has taught linguistics and translation theory for many years. As a professional translator of plays, her publications are often concerned with aspects of drama translation but her research interests also include the translation of children's literature and European literature in English translation.Margaret Rogers is Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey. She has a special interest in specialist translation and terminology. Having gained her PhD in Applied Linguistics, she has taught translation, terminology and text analysis to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and Germany, as well as lecturing and examining in a number of other countries.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Contributors: A Short Profile	x
1 English in Europe: For Better, for Worse?
Gunilla Anderman and Margaret Rogers	1	(26)
2 English Translation and Linguistic Hegemony in the Global Era
Stuart Campbell	27	(12)
3 Unequal Systems: On the Problem of Anglicisms in Contemporary French Usage
Christopher Rollason	39	(18)
4 E-mail, Emilio, or Mensaje de Correo Electrónico? The Spanish Language Fight for Purity in the New Technologies
Jeremy Munday	57	(14)
5 The Influence of English on Italian: The Case of Translations of Economics Articles
Maria Teresa Musacchio	71	(26)
6 The Influence of English on Greek: A Sociological Approach
Polymnia Tsagouria	97	(11)
7 Polish Under Siege?
W. Chlopicki	108	(15)
8 New Anglicisms in Russian
Nelly G. Chachibaia and Michael R. Colenso	123	(10)
9 Anglo-Finnish Contacts: Collisions and Collusions
Kate Moore and Krista Varantola	133	(20)
10 Contemporary English Influence on German - A Perspective from Linguistics
Stephen Barbour	153	(8)
11 Anglicisms and Translation
Henrik Gottlieb	161	(24)
12 Anglicisms in Norwegian: When and Where?
Stig Johansson and Anne-Line Graedler	185	(16)
13 Fingerprints in Translation
Martin Gellerstam	201	(13)
14 Translation and/or Editing: The Way Forward?
Emma Wagner	214	(13)
15 Translating into a Second Language: Can We, Should We?
Beverly Adab	227	(15)
16 Translating into English as a Non-native Language: The Dutch Connection
Marcel Thelen	242	(14)
17 Native versus Non-Native Speaker Competence in German-English Translation: A Case Study
Margaret Rogers	256	(19)
18 À l'anglaise or the Invisible European
Gunilla Anderman	275	(11)
19 Intercultural Dialogue: The Challenge of Communicating Across Language Boundaries
Anne Ife	286	(13)
Index	299