The Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation - Some Tools from Linguistics for the Analysis and Practice of Translation

Drawing from more than two hundred examples representing twenty-two languages of wide genetic and typological variety, the author guides the reader through a broad collection of situations encountered in the analysis and practice of translation. This enterprise gains structure and rigor from the methods and findings of contemporary linguistic theory, while realism and relevance are served by the choice of "naturalistic" examples from published translations. Coverage draws from a variety of genres and text-types (literary works, the Bible, newspaper articles, legal and philosophical writings, for examples), and addresses a thorough selection of structural-functional aspects. These range from discrepancies between source and target languages in sentence construction, to dfiferences between source and target poetic traditions with respect to meter and rhyme.

About the author

Joseph L. Malone is Professor of Linguistics and Departmental Chair at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph L Malone, Joseph L. Malone
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.1988
• EAN: 9780887066535
• ISBN: 978-0-88706-653-5
• No. of pages: 241
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Environmental P; SUNY Series in Environmental P; Suny Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric