1st Edition
Contemporary Approaches to Translation Theory and Practice
This book gathers together for the first time the editors of some of the most prestigious Translation Studies journals, and serves as a showcase of the academic and geographical diversity of the discipline. The collection includes a discussion on the intralinguistic translation of Romeo and Juliet; thoughts on the concepts of adaptation, imitation and pastiche with regards to Japanese manga; reflections on the status of the source and target texts; a study on the translation and circulation of Inuit-Canadian literature; and a discussion on the role of translation in Latin America. It also contains two chapters on journalistic translation – linguistic approaches to English-Hungarian news translation, and a study of an independent news outlet; one chapter on court interpreting in the US and a final chapter on audio-description. The book was originally published as a special issue in 2017 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice.
Introduction: From translatology to studies in translation theory and practice 1. ‘He shall signify from time to time’. Romeo and Juliet in modern English 2. Imitation as translation: from Western theories of parody to Japanese postmodern pastiches 3. De-sacralizing the origin(al) and the transnational future of Translation Studies Brian 4. ‘Memory is so different now’: the translation and circulation of Inuit-Canadian literature in English and French 5. Eurocentrism and Latin Americanism in Latin American translation history 6. Logical relations in translation: the case of Hungarian–English news translation 7. Translation in new independent online media: the case of Mediapart 8. Equal access to the courts in translation: a corpus-driven study on translation shifts in waivers of counsel 9. Audio-describing visual filmic allusions
Biography
Roberto A. Valdeón is Professor of English Studies at the University of Oviedo, Spain, and Honorary Professor at Jinan University, China. He is a member of the Academy of Europe, the Editor-in-chief of Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice and the General Editor of the Benjamins Translation Library.
