Translation Studies across the Boundaries

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the editors
• About the book
• Citability of the eBook
• Preface
• Contents
• Series Information
• List of Contributors
• More Recent Avenues of Research in Contemporary Translation Studies
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cognitive TS
• 3 Sociological TS
• 4 Technological TS
• 5 Economic TS
• 6 Anthropological TS
• 7 Conclusion and Implications
• Is a General Theory of Translation Possible?
• 1 Introduction: Translation and Translation Studies
• 2 General Models of Translation
• 2.1 Shortcomings of the Models
• 3 Translation and Semiotics
• 4 Towards a Semiotic Model of Translation: Some Preliminary Thoughts
• 5 General Conclusions
• The Myth of the Cultural Turn
• Revival of the Interpreter’s Profession in Latvia after 1988. Notes on the Margins
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Time of Change and Challenge
• 3 Response to the Challenge
• 4 Concluding Remarks
• Literary Periodicals’ Introduction and Translation of Foreign Literature in Hong Kong in 1950s
• 1 Literature Review
• 2 Research Significance
• 3 Literature and Publishing Industry in Hong Kong in 1950s
• 4 Translation Choice Differed from American Ideology
• 5 Patron’s Ideology and Professionals’ Literary Preference
• 6 Conclusion
• Translation Issues in the Amistad Case Reveal Proclivities Both against and in Favour of the Institution of Slavery in the 19th Century USA
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Fidelity vs Infidelity
• 3 Without licencia
• 4 Conclusion
• Hryhir Tiutiunnyk’s Short Story
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theoretical Framework for the Present Case Study: The Cognitive Approach
• 3 Results and Discussion
• 4 Conclusion
• Does this Kat Speak an Untranslatable Language?
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Translating is Understanding
• 3 Solving Problems on Theoretical Level
• 4 Conclusion
• Annex 1: Krazy Kat’s online devices for intralingual translations (print screens)
• Annex 2: Krazy Kat’s comic strips comparison
• The Traps of Normativity –
• 1 The Queer (and) Translation
• 2 Queer Translation Praxis
• Dictionary Use by Translation Students
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Lexicographically Relevant Errors in the Work of Professional Translators
• 3 Methodological Background
• 4 The Results
• 4.1 Standard Dictionary Behaviour by Translation Professionals
• 4.1.1 Types of Dictionaries Translation Professionals Consult
• 4.1.2 Types of Information Professionals Need to Look Up
• 4.1.3 The Quality of Dictionaries Professionals Use
• 4.1.4 Frequency of Use
• 4.2 Standard Dictionary Behaviour by Trainee Translators
• 4.2.1 Dictionary Types They Consult
• 4.2.2 Types of Information They Look For
• 4.2.3 The Quality of Dictionaries They Use
• 4.2.4 Frequency of Use
• 5 Concluding Remarks
• Names of Wild Birds in Simile
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Translation of Ukrainian and English Similes with Names of Wild Birds as Based on Bible-Rooted Correspondences
• 3 Conclusion
• The Progressive Construction in the Translation of British English Literary Fiction into Polish
• 1 Aspect in English and Polish – A Brief Contrastive Analysis
• 2 The English Progressive Aspect
• 3 The Analysis of Polish Translational Equivalents of the Modal Uses of the English Progressive Aspect
• 4 Conclusion
• Foreign Idiolect in Translation
• 1 The novel The Call of the Toad
• 2 Idiolect as Dialect
• 3 Techniques of Dialect Translation
• 4 The Function of Dialect in a Literary Work
• 5 Piątkowska’s German
• 6 Notes on the Polish Translation
• 7 English Translation
• 8 Evaluation and Conclusion
• Cultural Transplantation & Humour
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cultural Transplantation
• 3 Humour & Translation
• 4 Cultural Transplantation in Humour Translation
• 5 Conclusion