The Benjamins Translation Library aims to stimulate research and training in translation and interpreting studies. The Library provides a forum for a variety of approaches (which may sometimes be conflicting) in a socio-cultural, historical, theoretical, applied and pedagogical context. The Library includes scholarly works, reference works, post-graduate text books and readers in the English language.
This is the fourth revised edition of "A Practical Guide for
Translators". It looks at the profession of translator on the basis of
developments in the late 20th/early 21st centuries and encourages both
practitioners and buyers of translation services to view translation as
a highly-qualified, skilled profession and not just a cost-led word
mill.
The author:
The book has six chapters and investigates a variety of forms of translation. My intent with this variety was to underline that the translation process is not simply a relationship between a source text and a target text, or a translator and an author, but is a central meeting point for a mixture of relationships that are textually, culturally or personally bound.
Provocative and controversial, The Scandals of Translation explores the anxious relationships between translation and the institutions that at once need it and marginalize it. Lawrence Venuti, a professional translator, argues that prevalent concepts of authorship degrade translation in literary scholarship and underwrite its unfavorable definition in copyright law. Exposing myriad abuses, Venuti provides stinging critiques of the Modern Language Association for its neglect of translation, as well as publishers for their questionable treatment of translators.
- Presents authoritative contributions from leading scholars in the field
- Takes the reader through the basic theoretical concepts, issues and themes which define the most important approaches to translation
- Provides an unparalleled work of reference for teaching and researching in Translation Studies
- Offers pointers to the future of Translation Studies
- Contains an up-to-date bibliography with suggestions for further reading.
