Introducing Translation Studies Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide. This fourth edition has been fully revised and continues to provide a balanced and detailed guide to the theoretical landscape. Each theory is applied to a wide range of languages, including Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese and Spanish.
A broad spectrum of texts is analysed, including the Bible, Buddhist sutras, Beowulf, the fiction of García Márquez and Proust, European Union and UNESCO documents, a range of contemporary films, a travel brochure, a children’s cookery book and the translations of Harry Potter. Each chapter comprises an introduction outlining the translation theory or theories, illustrative texts with translations, case studies, a chapter summary and discussion points and exercises. New features in this fourth edition include: Q new material to keep up with developments in research and practice, including the sociology of translation, multilingual cities, translation in the digital age and specialized, audiovisual and machine translation Q revised discussion points and updated figures and tables Q new, in-chapter activities with links to online materials and articles to encourage independent research Q an extensive updated companion website with video introductions and journal articles to accompany each chapter, online exercises, an interactive timeline, weblinks, and PowerPoint slides for teacher support This is a practical, user-friendly textbook ideal for students and researchers on courses in Translation and Translation Studies. Jeremy Munday is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Leeds, UK, and is a quali- fied and experienced translator.
He is author of Style and Ideology in Translation (Routledge 2008) and Evaluation in Translation (Routledge 2012), editor of The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies (2009) and co-author, with Basil Hatim, of Translation: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge 2004). Praise for this edition ‘Jeremy Munday’s Introducing Translation Studies has long been admired for its combination of theoretical rigour and down-to-earth explanation, and this new edition will further confirm its place as the go-to introduction for students and teachers alike. Its further incorporation of ideas from the Chinese context is particularly welcome.’ Robert Neather, Hong Kong Baptist University, China ‘An even better fourth edition of a widely popular and commonly used book in Translation Studies (TS). Munday’s volume is a sound and accessible introduction to TS, combining scholarly rigor with reader-friendly style and an excellent didactic orientation, which will continue to make this book highly attractive to students, teachers and newcomers.’ Sonia Colina, University of Arizona, USA Praise for the third edition ‘This book provides a comprehensive and precise coverage of the major theories of translation … The discussion and research points at the end of each topic will be welcomed by students, teachers and researchers alike … written in exceptionally clear and user-friendly style … Readers who may have no previous knowledge of translation studies will also find the book interesting and illuminating.’ Susan Xu Yun, SIM University, Singapore ‘Whether you are a researcher, teacher, practitioner or learner of translation, you should read this book to get a comprehensive view of translation theories of the world, at present and in the past.
This book is extremely useful as the starting point for understanding translation theories. It is deep enough for you to get adequate details and broad enough to let you know which directions to follow in your further research.’ Chris Shei, Swansea University, UK ‘Jeremy Munday covers it all in this up-to-date book. It covers most, if not all, aspects of translation, whether they are theoretical or practical. This book is also an essential resource of knowledge for professional, academic, and practicing translators.
Many approaches to translation are clearly and thoroughly explained. Shiyab, UAE University, UAE ‘It would be difficult to find a better introduction to the complex field of translation studies … A real must for everybody interested in this discipline.’ María Sánchez, University of Salford, UK ‘This updated edition of Introducing Translation Studies provides a clear, thorough, and balanced introduction to major past and current trends in translation studies. It will be of great assistance to translation instructors and students seeking an updated overview of the field.’ Françoise Massardier-Kenney, Kent State University, USA Introducing Translation Studies Theories and applications Fourth Edition JEREMY MUNDAY Fourth edition published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2016 Jeremy Munday The right of Jeremy Munday to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved.
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Description: Fifth Edition. | Milton Park ; New York : Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015039263 | ISBN 9781138912540 (pbk.) Subjects: LCSH: Translating and interpreting.02—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.gov/2015039263 ISBN: 978-1-138-91254-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-91255-7 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-69186-2 (ebk) Typeset in Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Additional materials are available on the companion website at www.com/cw/munday Para Cristina, que me ha hecho feliz This page intentionally left blank Contents A visual tour of Introducing Translation Studies x List of figures and tables xiii Acknowledgements xv List of abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Main issues of translation studies 7 1.1 The concept of translation 8 1.2 What is translation studies? 10 1.3 An early history of the discipline 13 1.4 The Holmes/Toury ‘map’ 16 1.5 Developments since Holmes 21 1.6 The van Doorslaer ‘map’ 22 1.7 Discipline, interdiscipline or multidiscipline? 24 Chapter 2 Translation theory before the twentieth century 29 2.1 ‘Word-for-word’ or ‘sense-for-sense’? 30 2.2 Early Chinese and Arabic discourse on translation 33 2.3 Humanism and the Protestant Reformation 38 2.4 Fidelity, spirit and truth 40 2.5 Early attempts at systematic translation theory: Dryden, Dolet, Tytler and Yán Fù 42 2.6 Schleiermacher and the valorization of the foreign 47 2.7 Towards contemporary translation theory 49 Chapter 3 Equivalence and equivalent effect 58 3.1 Roman Jakobson: the nature of linguistic meaning and equivalence 59 3.2 Nida and ‘the science of translating’ 62 3.3 Newmark: semantic and communicative translation 71 3.4 Koller: equivalence relations 74 3.5 Later developments in equivalence 77 viii CONTENTS Chapter 4 Studying translation product and process 86 4.1 Vinay and Darbelnet’s model 88 4.2 Catford and translation ‘shifts’ 95 4.3 Option, markedness and stylistic shifts in translation 98 4.4 The cognitive process of translation 100 4.5 Ways of investigating cognitive processing 103 Chapter 5 Functional theories of translation 113 5.4 Translation-oriented text analysis 131 Chapter 6 Discourse and Register analysis approaches 141 6.1 The Hallidayan model of language and discourse 142 6.2 House’s model of translation quality assessment 145 6.3 Baker’s text and pragmatic level analysis: a coursebook for translators 149 6.4 Hatim and Mason: the levels of context and discourse 156 6.5 Criticisms of discourse and Register analysis approaches to translation 159 Chapter 7 Systems theories 169 7.2 Toury and descriptive translation studies 174 7.3 Chesterman’s translation norms 186 7.4 Other models of descriptive translation studies: Lambert and van Gorp and the Manipulation School 189 Chapter 8 Cultural and ideological turns 197 8.1 Translation as rewriting 199 8.2 Translation and gender 205 8.3 Postcolonial translation theory 208 8.4 The ideologies of the theorists 213 8.5 Translation, ideology and power in other contexts 214 Chapter 9 The role of the translator: visibility, ethics and sociology 222 9.1 The cultural and political agenda of translation 223 9.2 The position and positionality of the translator 233 CONTENTS ix 9.3 The sociology and historiography of translation 236 9.4 The power network of the translation industry 239 9.5 The reception and reviewing of translations 241 Chapter 10 Philosophical approaches to translation 249 10.1 Steiner’s hermeneutic motion 250 10.2 Ezra Pound and the energy of language 258 10.3 The task of the translator: Walter Benjamin 260 10.4 Deconstruction 262 Chapter 11 New directions from the new media 274 11.2 Localization, globalization and collaborative translation 287 11.3 Corpus-based translation studies 291 Chapter 12 Research and commentary projects 302 12.1 Consilience in translation studies 303 12.3 Research projects in translation studies 314 Notes 319 Bibliography 328 Index 361 A visual tour of Introducing Translation Studies Pedagogical features Introducing Translation Studies offers a variety of ways to help lecturers introduce this vibrant discipline, and to help students understand the key concepts and issues.
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Further reading FURTHER READING Additional sources for Further re students to explore particular issues raised in the See Hatim (2009) for a useful overview of discourse an chapter. its relation See Hatim to functional (2 theories, and also Baker et al. See Halliday and Hasan (1976) for it l ti t Companion website www.com/cw/munday Introducing Translation Studies also includes a comprehensive companion website of online resources for both students and lecturers. These include: Student resources Q Video presentation by the author on each chapter, discussing the key issues for students to consider Q Interactive timeline to explain how translation theories have evolved since the first theorists Q Multiple-choice questions to test understanding of definitions and concepts Q Additional discussion questions and further reading Lecturer resources Q PowerPoint presentations for each chapter, which can be downloaded and annotated, providing lecturers with a ready-made foundation for lecture preparation Q Free access to journal articles with accompanying teaching notes This page intentionally left blank Figures and tables Figures 1.1 Holmes’s ‘map’ of translation studies 17 1.