Contra instrumentalism : a translation polemic

Contra instrumentalism : a translation polemic / Lawrence Venuti.

Questions the long-accepted notion that translation reproduces or transfers an invariant contained in or caused by the source text. This "instrumental" model of translation has dominated translation theory and commentary for more than two millennia, and its influence can be seen today in e...

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Main Author: Venuti, Lawrence (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2019.
Series:Provocations (Lincoln, Neb.)
Subjects:
Translating and interpreting > Philosophy.
Instrumentalism (Philosophy)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Readers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Spelling.
PHILOSOPHY > Language.
Translating and interpreting > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Hijacking translation: uneven developments
  • Proverbs of untranslatability: why proverbs?
  • The trouble with subtitles: instrumentalism in current research and training
  • Stop/start.

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