The Translation Studies Reader [Paperback]

Lawrence Venuti (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415187478 | ISBN-13: 978-0415187473 | Publication Date: January 2000 | Edition: 1

The Translation Studies Reader is the definitive reader for the study of this dynamic interdisciplinary field. Providing an introduction to translation studies, this book places a wide range of readings within their social, thematic, and historical contexts. The selections included are from the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the last thirty years of the century. Features include:
*Organization into five chronological sections, divided by decade
*An introductory essay prefacing each section
*A detailed bibliography and suggestions for further reading.
Readings: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Walter Benjamin, Antoine Berman, Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Jorge Luis Borges, Annie Brisset, J.C. Catford, Lori Chamberlain, Jean Darbelnet and Jean-Paul Vinay, Itamar Even-Zohar, William Frawley, Ernst-August Gutt, Keith Harvey, Basil Hatim and Ian Mason, James S. Holmes, Roman Jakobson, Andre Lefevere, Jiri Levy, Philip E. Lewis, Vladimir Nabakov, Eugen Nida, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Ezra Pound, Willard V.O. Quine, Katharina Reiss, Gayatri Spivak, George Steiner, Gideon Toury, Hans J. Vermeer
A new piece by Lawrence Venuti suggests the future of translation studies.

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About the Author

Lawrence Venuti is Professor of English at Temple University, Philadelphia. He is the author of Rethinking Translation(1992),The Translator's Invisibility(1994), andScandals of Translation (1997), all published by Routledge.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415187478
• ISBN-13: 978-0415187473
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extra-ordinary!, July 4, 2001

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E. Merino "lamoira" (Mexico City, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Translation Studies Reader (Paperback)

This book covers Translation Studies from an historical outset, laid out decade by decade. My surprise was that it did not focus only on mainstream translators, but that it also accentuates on less covered topics by other "anothologies" - such as femenist and postmodernist grounds of thought. I recomend it to all translators seeking a broad spectrum of views in a neat cronological order.

4 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE GOOD BOOK , IN THE GOOD TIME, October 22, 2000

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Rami Mustafa (EDINBURGH/UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Translation Studies Reader (Paperback)

DEAR AUTHORS: I AM GLAD TO LET U KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE UR BOOK.....COZ IT IS THE GOOD BOOK IN THE GOOD TIME.

FOR ME AS A TRANSLATION STUDENT I FOUND THIS BOOK HELPFUL.

I HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GET IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...COZ IT IS A RECOMMENDED BOOK BY MY TEACHERS...AND IT DOES WORTH TO BE OWNED.