Voices in Translation - Bridging Cultural Divides

Informationen zum Autor Gunilla Anderman is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Surrey where she teaches translation theory, translation of drama and translation of children's literature, fields in which she has published and lectured widely in the UK as well as internationally. She is also a professional translator with translations of Scandinavian plays staged in the UK, USA and South Africa. Her latest book is Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre (2005). She is joint editor of the series Translating Europe. Klappentext This volume explores dialect translation and the problems facing the translator in bridging cultural divides. The book begins by discussing how to make a wide range of European voices "sing" in translation, then goes on to illustrate the different solutions employed in conveying the foreign concepts and milieu from which these voices spring. Zusammenfassung This volume explores dialect translation and the problems facing the translator in bridging cultural divides. The book begins by discussing how to make a wide range of European voices “sing” in translation, then goes on to illustrate the different solutions employed in conveying the foreign concepts and milieu from which these voices spring.

Product details

• Authors: Gunilla Anderman
• Assisted by: Gunilla Anderman (Editor), Professor Gunilla M. Anderman (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9781853599828
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-982-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Translating Europe; Translating Europe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures