Can Theory Help Translators?: A Dialogue Between the Ivory Tower and the Wordface

by Andrew Chesterman, Emma Wagner

Overview

Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317642183
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/16/2014
Series:	Translation Theories Explored
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	156
File size:	698 KB

About the Author

Andrew Chesterman, Emma Wagner

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Is translation theory relevant to translators’ problems?; Chapter 2 Who am I? What am I doing?; Chapter 3 I translate therefore I am not; Chapter 4 What’s it all for?; Chapter 5 How do I get there?; Chapter 6 Is it any good?; Chapter 7 Help!; conclusions Conclusions;