A History of Modern Translation Knowledge

Sources, concepts, effects

Editors

Lieven D’hulst

| KU Leuven

Yves Gambier

| University of Turku & Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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ISBN 9789027200990 | EUR 99.00 | USD 149.00

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A History of Modern Translation Knowledge is the first attempt to map the coming into being of modern thinking about translation. It breaks with the well-established tradition of viewing history through the reductive lens of schools, theories, turns or interdisciplinary exchanges. It also challenges the artificial distinction between past and present and it sustains that the latter’s historical roots go back far beyond the 1970s. Translation Studies is but part of a broader set of discourses on translation we propose to label “translation knowledge”. This book concentrates on seven processes that make up the history of modern translation knowledge: generating, mapping, internationalising, historicising, analysing, disseminating and applying knowledge. All processes are covered by 58 domain experts and allocated over 55 chapters, with cross-references. This book is indispensable reading for advanced Master- and PhD-students in Translation Studies who need background information on the history of their field, with relevance for Europe, the Americas and large parts of Asia. It will also interest students and scholars working in cultural and social history.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 142] 2018. ix, 475 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.142

Table of Contents

General introduction Lieven D’hulst and Yves Gambier	2–14
Part 1. Generating knowledge	18–98
Chapter 1.0. Introduction	17–18
Chapter 1.1. Concepts of translation Yves Gambier	19–38
Chapter 1.2. Tropes (Metaphor, Metonymy) James St. André	39–44
Chapter 1.3. Biblical myths Claire Placial	45–50
Chapter 1.4. Fictional representations Klaus Kaindl	51–56
Chapter 1.5. The sacred and taboo Douglas Robinson	57–60
Chapter 1.6. The modern regime of translation and its politics Naoki Sakai	61–74
Chapter 1.7. Translation and adjacent concepts Rita Bueno Maia, Hanna Pięta and Alexandra Assis Rosa	75–84
Chapter 1.8. Expansions John Ødemark and Eivind Engebretsen	85–90
Chapter 1.9. Semiotics Ubaldo Stecconi	91–94
Chapter 1.10. Rhetoric Ubaldo Stecconi	95–98
Part 2. Mapping knowledge	102–148
Chapter 2.0. Introduction	101–102
Chapter 2.1. Print history Norbert Bachleitner	103–112
Chapter 2.2. Technology Deborah A. Folaron	113–116
Chapter 2.3. Bibliometric tools: Evaluation, mapping Sara Rovira-Esteva and Javier Franco Aixelá	117–122
Chapter 2.4. Localisation Keiran J. Dunne	123–126
Chapter 2.5. Circulation and spread of knowledge Deborah A. Folaron	127–134
Chapter 2.6. Transfer modes Lieven D’hulst	135–142
Chapter 2.7. Turns Mary Snell-Hornby	143–148
Part 3. Internationalising knowledge	152–230
Chapter 3.0. Introduction	151–152
Chapter 3.1. The history of internationalization in translation studies and its impact on translation theory Maria Tymoczko	153–170
Chapter 3.2. Eurocentrism Luc van Doorslaer	171–174
Chapter 3.3. Globalisation Michael Cronin	175–178
Chapter 3.4. Institutionalization of translation studies Yves Gambier	179–194
Chapter 3.5. Universal languages Karen Bennett	195–202
Chapter 3.6. Forms and formats of dissemination of translation knowledge Alexandra Assis Rosa	203–214
Chapter 3.7. Translation politics and policies Reine Meylaerts	215–224
Chapter 3.8. History of reception: Censorship Denise Merkle	225–230
Part 4. Historicizing knowledge	234–281
Chapter 4.0. Introduction	233–234
Chapter 4.1. Temporality Christopher Rundle	235–246
Chapter 4.2. Archives Pekka Kujamäki	247–250
Chapter 4.3. Microhistory Judy Wakabayashi	251–254
Chapter 4.4. Comparative history Roberto A. Valdeón	255–260
Chapter 4.5. Connected history and histoire croisée Judy Wakabayashi	261–266
Chapter 4.6. Oral history Julie McDonough Dolmaya	267–272
Chapter 4.7. Memory studies Angela Kershaw	273–276
Chapter 4.8. Counterfactual history Lieven D’hulst	277–282
Part 5. Analysing knowledge	286–351
Chapter 5.0. Introduction	285–286
Chapter 5.1. Translated texts / paratexts Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar	287–292
Chapter 5.2. Process research Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow	293–300
Chapter 5.3. Translation analysis Jeremy Munday	301–308
Chapter 5.4. Hermeneutics Bernd Stefanink and Ioana Bălăcescu	309–316
Chapter 5.5. Deconstruction Kaisa Koskinen	317–322
Chapter 5.6. Localism Mirella Agorni	323–324
Chapter 5.7. Ethnography Peter Flynn	325–330
Chapter 5.8. Translation zones/spaces Sherry Simon	331–336
Chapter 5.9. Sociological models and translation history Hélène Buzelin	337–346
Chapter 5.10. Feminism, gender, and translation Luise von Flotow	347–352
Part 6. Disseminating knowledge	358–403
Chapter 6.0. Introduction	355–356
Chapter 6.1. Linguistics Sonia Vandepitte, Lieve Jooken, Robert M. Maier and Binghan Zheng	357–366
Chapter 6.2. Literary research Dirk Delabastita	367–376
Chapter 6.3. Communication Studies Jens Loenhoff	377–384
Chapter 6.4. Cognitive research Gregory M. Shreve	385–388
Chapter 6.5. History of translation knowledge of monotheistic religions with written tradition Jacobus A. Naudé	389–396
Chapter 6.6. Legal history Valérie Dullion	397–400
Chapter 6.7. Political history Susan Pickford	401–404
Part 7. Applying knowledge	408–448
Chapter 7.0. Introduction	407–408
Chapter 7.1. Language learning Sara Laviosa	409–414
Chapter 7.2. Training Amparo Hurtado Albir	415–428
Chapter 7.3. Research schools: The example of the UK Susan Bassnett	429–434
Chapter 7.4. Assessment Claudia V. Angelelli	435–442
Chapter 7.5. Translation ethics Andrew Chesterman	443–448
Bionotes	449–460
A History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Synoptic perspectives	461
Name index	465
Subject index	473

“In essence a historiography of modern translation studies, this monumental work represents a gargantuan effort to lay a new framework for understanding the growth and evolution of the discipline. D’hulst and Gambier have assembled some 55 essays on the ways in which translation knowledge has been created, explicated and circulated in various interactive modes, written by scholars who themselves are part of that history. Significantly, the collection also points the way forward by giving shape to the proliferation of discourses that accompanied the “rise” of translation studies, and is thus an invaluable reference source for young, emerging researchers who may feel overwhelmed by the field’s spectacular developments.”

Leo Tak-hung Chan, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

“The vital issues of this volume provide a stimulating and very comprehensive account of the history of modern translation knowledge. The book manifests the high institutionalization of the discipline and serves as a field guide for anyone planning to navigate translation history, especially in a transdisciplinary perspective.”

Michaela Wolf, University of Graz

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Subjects

Linguistics

History of linguistics

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Translation Studies

BIC Subject: CFP – Translation & interpretation

BISAC Subject: LAN023000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018014181 | Marc record