Contemporary Translation Theories: Revised (Topics in Translation #21)

Contemporary Translation Theories: Revised (Topics in Translation #21)

Edwin Gentzler
$34.95
Publication Date: September 13th, 2001
Publisher:
Multilingual Matters Limited
ISBN:
9781853595134
Pages:
248

Description

During the last thirty years, the field of translation has exploded with multiple new theories. This book examines five of new approaches - the translation workshop, the science of translation, translation studies, polysystem theory, and deconstruction - all of which began in the mid -1960s and continue to be influential today.

About the Author

Edwin Gentzler is Director of the Translation Center and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is co-editor (with Maria Tymoczko) of Translation and Power (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, forthcoming) and author of numerous articles on translation theory and practice. He serves as co-editor (with Susan Bassnett) of the Topics in Translation Series for Multilingual Matters and is on the editorial board of several journals, including Metamorphoses (Amherst/Northampton), Across (Hungary), and Cadernos de Tradução (Brazil).

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