Translation Today Trends and Perspectives

by Anderman, Gunilla; Rogers , Margaret

• ISBN13: 9781853596186
• ISBN10: 1853596183
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-21
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This text provides a snapshot of issues reflecting the changing nature of translation studies at the beginning of a new millennium. Resulting from discussions between translation theorists from all over the world, topics covered include: the nature of translation; English as a "lingua franca"; public service translation and interpreting; assessment; and audio-visual translation. The first part of the work covers a discussion stimulated by Peter Newmark's paper, and the second part allows invited colleagues to develop his topics.

Author Biography

Professor Gunilla Anderman is Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey. A professional translator of drama, her publications are often concerned with linguistic and cultural factors related to Drama Translation, but her research interests cover a wide spectrum including Translation and Language Learning, the Translation of Children's Literature and Translation into and out of English as a Global Language Dr. Margaret Rogers is Deputy Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey with a special interest in Terminology. Having co-managed a number of European projects related to translation, her most recent publications are in the field of Text Corpora and Terminology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Contributors: A Short Profile	viii
Introduction	1	(12)
Part 1
Round-table Discussion on Translation in the New Millennium	13	(42)
Part 2
No Global Communication Without Translation	55	(13)
Peter Newmark
Some of Peter Newmark's Translation Categories Revisited	68	(8)
Albrecht Neubert
Looking Forward to the Translation: On 'A Dynamic Reflection of Human Activities'	76	(10)
Kirsten Malmkjaer
With Translation in Mind	86	(6)
Marshall Morris
Tracing Back (in Awe) a Hundred-year History of Spanish Translations: Washington Irving's The Alhambra	92	(20)
Raquel Merino
The Troubled Identity of Literary Translation	112	(13)
Piotr Kuhiwczak
Interlinear Translation and Discourse a la Mark Twain	125	(15)
Gunnar Magnusson
Meaning, Truth and Morality in Translation	140	(12)
Martin Weston
The Decline of the Native Speaker	152	(16)
David Graddol
English as Lingua Franca and its Influence on Discourse Norms in Other Languages	168	(12)
Juliane House
Interpreting and Translation in the UK Public Services: The Pursuit of Excellence versus, and via, Expediency	180	(12)
Ann Corsellis OBE
Audiovisual Translation in the Third Millennium	192	(13)
Jorge Diaz Cintas
Translation and Interpreting Assessment in the Context of Educational Measurement	205	(20)
Stuart Campbell
Sandra Hale
A Comment on Translation Ethics and Education	225	(3)
Gerard McAlester
Index	228