- Paperback: 170 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (1 Aug 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226048691
- ISBN-13: 978-0226048697
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,630,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written by some of the most distinguished literary translators working in English today, these essays offer new and uncommon insights into the understanding and craft of translation. The contributors not only describe the complexity of translating literature but also suggest the implications of the act of translation for critics, scholars, teachers, and students. The demands of translation, according to these writers, require both comprehensive scholarship in preparing to translate a text and broad creativity in recreating the text in a new language. Translation, thus, becomes a model for the most exacting reading and the most serious scholarship.
Some of the contributors lay bare the rigorous methods of literary translation in comparisons of various translations of the same piece; some discuss the problems of translating a specific passage; others speak about the lessons learned over the course of a career in translation. As these essays make clear, translators work in the space between languages and, in so doing, provide insights into the ways in which a culture makes the world verbal. Exemplary readers both of authors and of their individual works, the translators represented in this collection demonstrate that the methodologies derived from the art and craft of translation can serve as a model to revitalize the interpretation and understanding of literary works.
Readers will find the opportunity to look over the shoulders of the translators gathered together in this volume an exciting and surprising experience. The act of translation emerges both as a powerful integration of linguistic, semantic, cultural, and historical thinking and as a valuable commentary on how we communicate both within a culture and from one culture to another.
Some of the contributors lay bare the rigorous methods of literary translation in comparisons of various translations of the same piece; some discuss the problems of translating a specific passage; others speak about the lessons learned over the course of a career in translation. As these essays make clear, translators work in the space between languages and, in so doing, provide insights into the ways in which a culture makes the world verbal. Exemplary readers both of authors and of their individual works, the translators represented in this collection demonstrate that the methodologies derived from the art and craft of translation can serve as a model to revitalize the interpretation and understanding of literary works.
Readers will find the opportunity to look over the shoulders of the translators gathered together in this volume an exciting and surprising experience. The act of translation emerges both as a powerful integration of linguistic, semantic, cultural, and historical thinking and as a valuable commentary on how we communicate both within a culture and from one culture to another.
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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Not enough!
4 July 2001
Format:Paperback
The promising title is covered by only nine authors, which in my opinion, is not enough to cover the whole spectrum of the "Craft". The worse surprise; however, is that most of the texts are pertinent to very specific examples of very specific works of very different types of translations. I expected a full meal with this book and all I got was a tossed salad with very few ingredients. May I suggest another book by the same press? It is called "Theories of Translation"
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Insightful Essays
22 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
This book is not a textbook on the craft of translation. Rather, it is a collection of essays providing specific case-studies on the subject. Very detailed examples and some incisive lines of argument. I'm not an experienced translator, nor am I trained in any of the related academic fields, but I found the essays fairly accessible. If you find the subject of translation interesting and enjoy academic essays, I highly recommend this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
companion to Theories of Translation
22 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
This is a companion to Theories of Translation (recommended by the previous reviewer). The specific and thoughtful essays on craft are very helpful--they raise points and considerations most people do not consider until they are actually in the throes of translating.
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