The Problems of Literary Translation - A Study of the Theory and Practice of Translation from English into Spanish

This volume examines the various linguistic and cultural problems which point towards the practical impossibility of conveying in one language exactly what was originally said in another. The author provides an exhaustive discussion of Spanish translations from English texts, including non-standard registers. Equivalence across languages, that most elusive of terms in the whole theory of translation, is discussed in terms of linguistic equivalence, textual equivalence, cultural equivalence and pragmatic equivalence. Other aspects studied include how translation has been perceived over the centuries, the differences and the similarities between a writer and a translator, plus a detailed examination of translation as process, all of which bring the problems of literary translation into perspective.

List of contents

Contents: Translation Studies: a historical background - The concept of equivalence - The specificity of literary translation - The limits of translatability - Non-standard language - The use of non-standard language for literary purposes.

Product details

• Authors: Maria T. Sanchez, María T. Sánchez
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9783039113262
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3911326-2
• No. of pages: 269
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 15 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas; Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics