Annotated Texts for Translation - English-German, Functionalist Approaches Illustrated

This book presents a specific framework for dealing with recurring translation problems in a number of genres that are frequently translated. On the basis of illustrative sample texts, the decisions taken in the production of the target texts are commented on in the light of the specified translation assignments.

About the author

Christina Schäffner is Professor Emerita at Aston University, Birmingham. Until her retirement in September 2015 she was the Head of Translation Studies at Aston, teaching courses in translation studies, interpreting, and supervising Master dissertations and PhD students. Her main research interests are: political discourse in translation, news translation, metaphor in translation, and translation didactics, and she has published widely on these topics. Major publications include Political Discourse, Media and Translation (edited with S. Bassnett 2010), Translation research and Interpreting research: Traditions, gaps and synergies (2004) and Politics as Text and Talk. Analytic Approaches to Political Discourse (edited with P. Chilton, 2002).

Product details

• Authors: Christina Sch?ffner, Christina Sch¿ner, Christina Schaffner, Christina Schäffner
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2001
• EAN: 9781853594069
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-406-9
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 398 g
• Series: Topics in Translation; Advances in Fluid Mechanics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures