Literary translator studies:

"This volume extends and deepens our understanding of Translator Studies by charting new territory in terms of theory, methods and concepts. The focus is on literary translators, their roles, identities, and personalities. The book introduces pertinent translator-centered approaches in four sec...

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Corporate Author: Staging the Literary Translator: Roles, Identities, Personalities (Veranstaltung) Wien (Author)
Other Authors: Kaindl, Klaus ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Kolb, Waltraud 1962- (Editor), Schlager, Daniela (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding Software eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Companny [2021]
Series:Benjamins translation library volume 156
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Online Access:DE-188
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Summary:"This volume extends and deepens our understanding of Translator Studies by charting new territory in terms of theory, methods and concepts. The focus is on literary translators, their roles, identities, and personalities. The book introduces pertinent translator-centered approaches in four sections: historical-biographical studies, social-scientific and process-oriented methods and approaches that use paratexts or translations to study literary translators. Drawing on a variety of concepts, such as identity, role, self, posture, habitus, and voice, the various chapters showcase forgotten literary translators and shed new light on some well-known figures; they examine literary translators not as functioning units but as human beings in their uniqueness. Literary Translator Studies as a subdiscipline of Translation Studies demonstrates how exploring the cultural, social, psychological, and cognitive facets of translatorial subjects contributes to a holistic understanding of translation"--
Item Description:Enthält Beiträge der Konferenz "Staging the Literary Translator: roles, identities, personalities", die vom 17. bis zum 19. Mai 2018 an der Universität Wien stattfand
Enthält bibliographische Angaben und Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VII, 313 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789027260277
DOI:10.1075/btl.156