Translation: An Advanced Resource Book (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

394 Pages·2005·6.37 MB·English

by  Basil Hatim

TRANSLATION
Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive resource books,
providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study
in the core areas ofEnglish language and Applied Linguistics.
Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections,enabling them
to explore and develop major themes within the discipline:
• Section A,Introduction,establishes the key terms and concepts and extends
readers’techniques ofanalysis through practical application.
• Section B,Extension,brings together influential articles,sets them in context,
and discusses their contribution to the field.
• Section C,Exploration,builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections,
setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material.This enables readers
to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop
their own research responses.
Throughout the book,topics are revisited,extended,interwoven and deconstructed,
with the reader’s understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.
Translation:
• examines the theory and practice oftranslation from a variety oflinguistic and
cultural angles,including semantics,equivalence,functional linguistics,corpus
and cognitive linguistics,text and discourse analysis,gender studies and post-
colonialism
• draws on a wide range of languages, including French, Spanish, German,
Russian and Arabic
• explores material from a variety ofsources,such as the Internet,advertisements,
religious texts,literary and technical texts
• gathers together influential readings from the key names in the discipline,
including James S.Holmes,George Steiner,Jean-Paul Vinay and Jean Darbelnet,
Eugene Nida,Werner Koller and Ernst-August Gutt.
Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Translation is
an essential resource for students and researchers ofEnglish language and Applied
Linguistics as well as Translation Studies.
Basil Hatimis Professor of Translation and Linguistics at Heriot Watt University,
UK and Professor ofEnglish and Translation at the American University ofSharjah,
UAE.Jeremy Munday is Deputy Director of the Centre for Translation Studies,
University ofSurrey,UK.
ROUTLEDGE APPLIED LINGUISTICS
SERIES EDITORS
Christopher N. Candlinis Senior Research Professor in the Department of Linguistics at
Macquarie University, Australia, and Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Open University,
UK. At Macquarie, he has been Chair of the Department of Linguistics; he established and
was Executive Director of the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research
(NCELTR); and was foundation Director of the Centre for Language in Social Life (CLSL).
He has written or edited over 150 publications and from 2004 will co-edit the new Journal
of Applied Linguistics. From 1996 to 2002 he was President of the International Association
of Applied Linguistics (AILA). He has acted as a consultant in more than 35 countries and
as external faculty assessor in 36 universities worldwide.
Ronald Carteris Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English Studies
at the University of Nottingham. He has published extensively in applied linguistics,
literary studies and language in education, and has written or edited over 40 books and 100
articles in these fields. He has given consultancies in the field of English language education,
mainly in conjunction with the British Council, in over 30 countries worldwide, and is editor
of the Routledge Interface series and advisory editor to the Routledge English Language
Introductions series. He was recently elected a Fellow of the British Academy for Social
Sciences and is currently UKGovernment Advisor for ESOLand Chair of the British
Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL).
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Adrian Holliday, Martin Hyde and John Kullman, Canterbury Christ Church University College,
UK
Translation: An advanced resource book
Basil Hatim, Heriot-Watt University, UK and the American University of Sharjah, UAE and
Jeremy Munday, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Grammar and Context: An advanced resource book
Ann Hewings, Open University and Martin Hewings, University of Birmingham
Translation
An advanced resource book
Basil Hatim and Jeremy Munday
First published 2004
by Routledge
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© 2004 Basil Hatim and Jeremy Munday
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To Nuria,
who came into this world at the same time as this book
and to Sam and Lema,
we will make it up to you.

Contents
Series Editors’ Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
How to use this book xvii
SECTION A INTRODUCTION 1
Unit 1 What is translation? 3
Unit 2 Translation strategies 10
Unit 3 The unit of translation 17
Unit 4 Translation shifts 26
Unit 5 The analysis of meaning 34
Unit 6 Dynamic equivalence and the receptor of the message 40
Unit 7 Textual pragmatics and equivalence 48
Unit 8 Translation and relevance 57
Unit 9 Text type in translation 67
Unit 10 Text register in translation 76
Unit 11 Text, genre and discourse shifts in translation 86
Unit 12 Agents of power in translation 93
Unit 13 Ideology and translation 102
Unit 14 Translation in the information technology era 112
SECTION B EXTENSION 121
Unit 1 What is translation? 123
Unit 2 Translation strategies 132
Unit 3 The unit of translation 136
Unit 4 Translation shifts 142
Unit 5 The analysis of meaning 152
Unit 6 Dynamic equivalence and the receptor of the message 160
Unit 7 Textual pragmatics and equivalence 169
Unit 8 Translation and relevance 176
Unit 9 Text type in translation 181
Unit 10 Text register in translation 187
Unit 11 Text, genre and discourse shifts in translation 192
Unit 12 Agents of power in translation 200
Unit 13 Ideology and translation 206
Unit 14 Translation in the information technology era 213
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Contents
SECTION C EXPLORATION 219
Unit 1 What is translation? 221
Unit 2 Translation strategies 226
Unit 3 The unit of translation 231
Unit 4 Translation shifts 238
Unit 5 The analysis of meaning 243
Unit 6 Dynamic equivalence and the receptor of the message 253
Unit 7 Textual pragmatics and equivalence 264
Unit 8 Translation and relevance 272
Unit 9 Text type in translation 281
Unit 10 Text register in translation 287
Unit 11 Text, genre and discourse shifts in translation 295
Unit 12 Agents of power in translation 304
Unit 13 Ideology and translation 313
Unit 14 Translation in the information technology era 321
Developing words and cultures – some concluding remarks 329
Further reading 331
Glossary 334
Bibliography 354
Index 364
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