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Informationen zum Autor Kirsten Malmkjær is Chair of Translation Studies in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. She is General Editor of the journal, Target: International Journal of Translation Studies (John Benjamins), and the author of Linguistics and the Language of Translation (EUP 2005). She is co-editor with Gillian Brown, Alastair Pollitt and John N. Williams of Language Understanding (OUP 1994), and with John Williams of Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding (OUP 1998). She is editor of The Linguistics Encyclopaedia (third edition, Routledge, 2010).Kevin Windle is Reader in Translation Studies, Australian National University. His teaching and research interests include modern Russian and Polish literature, Slavonic lexicography, and translation studies. His translations include: Sergey Aksakov, Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Northwestern UP 1998); Andrzej Drawicz, The Master and the Devil: A Study of Mikhail Bulgakov (Edwin Mellen Press 2001); Joachim Latacz, Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution of an Old Mystery (OUP 2004); and Luciano Canfora, Julius Caesar: The People's Dictator (EUP 2007). He is co-editor, with David Lovell, of Our Unswerving Loyalty: A Documentary Survey of Relations between the Communist Party of Australia and Moscow, 1920-1940 (ANU E Press 2008). Klappentext This book covers the history of the theory and practice of translation from Cicero to the digital age. It examines all major processes of translation! offers critical accounts of current research! and compares theoretical perspectives on the problems of translation ranging from sacred texts and drama to science and diplomatic interpretation. Zusammenfassung This book covers the history of the theory and practice of translation from Cicero to the digital age. It examines all major processes of translation, offers critical accounts of current research, and compares theoretical perspectives on the problems of translation ranging from sacred texts and drama to science and diplomatic interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The History of Translation Theory; 1: Kevin Windle and Anthony Pym: European Thinking on Secular Translation; 2: Judy Wakabayashi: Secular Translation Asian Perspectives; 3: Robert Barnes: Translating the Sacred; part II: Central Concepts in the Study of Translation; 4: Kirsten Malmkjær: Linguistic Approaches to Translation; 5: Jean Boase-Beier: Stylistics and Translation; 6: Kirsten Malmkjær: Translation Universals; 7: Susan Bassnett: The Translator as Cross-Cultural Mediator; 8: Kirsten Malmkjær: Meaning and Translation; 9: Riitta Jääskelainen: Studying the Translation Process; Part III: The Written Text; 10: Charlotte Barslund: The Translation of Literary Prose; 11: Kevin Windle: The Translation of Drama; 12: Francis Jones: The Translation of Poetry; 13: Charlotte Bosseaux: The Translation of Song; 14: Gillian Lathey: The Translation of Literature for Children; 15: Mustapha Taibi: Public Service Translation; 16: Leon Wolff: Legal Translation; 17: Sue Ellen Wright: Scientific! Technical! and Medical Translation; 18: Christophe Declercq: Advertising and Localization; Part IV: Interpreting; 19: Franz Pöchhacker: Simultaneous Interpreting; 20: Franz Pöchhacker: Consecutive Interpreting; 21: Franz Pöchhacker: Conference Interpreting; 22: Ludmila Stern: Courtroom Interpreting; 23: Sandra Hale: Public Service Interpreting; 24: Jemina Napier: Signed Language Interpreting; Part V: Mixed-Mode and Multi-Media; 25: Roger Hillman: Spoken Word to Written Text - Subtitling; 26: Barbara Schwarz: Translation for Dubbing and Voice-Over; 27: Anthony Pym: Website Localization; Part VI: Information Technology; 28: Harold Somers: Machine Translation History! Development! and Limitations; 29: John Hutchins: Recent Developments in the use and Application of Machine Translation; 30: Dorothy Kenny: Electronic Tools and Resources for Transla...
