Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literary studies in translation, the. When susan bassnett s translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the essential. It is an excellent book to recommend to someone who wants to know what translation studies is about. In the late 1970s a new academic discipline was born. Translation studies new accents by bassnett mcguire, susan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A great many books on translation have appeared steadily throughout the past. Pdf the relevance of translation studies the relevance. Terminology in the area of adaptation is a major problem, with a large number of terms such.
Translation studies susan bassnettmcguire national. The name and nature of descriptive translation studies. New york wikipedia citation please see wikipedia s template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. The relevance of translation studies the relevance of translation studies. It has three chapters covering in breadth but concisely 1 central issues, 2 history of translation theory, and 3 specific problems of literary translation. Article pdf available in ilha do desterro april 2008 with 7,125 reads. Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the.
They organize the book in chunks, and present an introduction to each era. Descriptive translation studies dts also known as the polysystem. Translation studies new accents series by susan bassnettmcguire and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. As it is conspicuous, translation theory is much sparse in antiquity, and the. The discipline which the majority translation theorists draw on most heavily is linguistics. First published in 1980, and reprinted six times since, this book set out to describe a new field, and has provided translation studies with much of its impetus and pedagogical direction over the last three decades. One of bassnett s early and most influential books is translation studies. Oclc s webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Translation studies remains the best brief, clear introduction to translation studies. Larry venuti, professor of english at temple university, usa, is a translation. We could not read literature in translation, it was argued, without asking ourselves if linguistic and cultural phenomena really were translatable and exploring in some depth the concept of equivalence. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health. During the 1980s, newmark 1988a highlighted the fact that there was.
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