Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Some aeneids in english andri lefevere 41 4 transplanting the seed. Poetry and translation susan bassnett 57 5 the gates of analogy. The postcolonial turn in literary translation studies. Susan bassnett, university of warwick and edwin gentzler, university of massachusetts, amherst a companion to translation studies edited by piotr kuhiwczak and karin littau multilingual matters ltd clevedon buffalo toronto. From 1990 to 2000, few essays and thesis had been published, which was a low ebb. Further reflections on translation and theatre susan. Introduction according to bassnett 2002, translation deals with a whole set of extralinguistic criteria. Welcome to econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company. This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds within literature and society. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Leading translation theorist, susan bassnett traces the history of translation, examining the ways translation is currently utilised as a burgeoning interdisciplinary activity and considers more recent research into developing technologies and new media forms. As important representatives of cultural approach in translation studies, bassnett and lefevere attached great importance to the role of culture in translation, the social background, the influence that cultural tradition imposed on translation, the subjectivity of translators and researching shift from linguistic to culture, thus improving the.
Analysis of culturespecific items and translation strategies. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Translation 1st edition susan bassnett routledge book. This paper will present a brief introduction of the history of translation studies, analyzing the social causes of culture turn and especially discuss the series shifts lefevete by culture turn in status of translated texts and translators, and the methods of translation analysis. Theorising translation with susan bassnett asymptote. Susan bassnett is professor in the centre for british and comparative cultural studies at the university of warwick. The translation studies reader the translation studies reader is the definitive reader for the study of this dynamic interdisciplinary field. Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick.
Translation as a blending of cultures 3 if swifts gullivers travels were to be translated as a straight adventure tale, or one of shakespeares tragedies, hamlet, for example, were rendered simply as a tragic story. Translation studies, 3rd ed bassnett, susan routledge. A history of translation 1995, the scandals of translation. Translation studies isbn 9780415506700 pdf epub susan. The culture turn of translation studies was initially put forward bassnett and lefevere by 1990 cultural approach in 1990. Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access. But any autobiographical elements are subsumed in what is effectively a history of englishlanguage translation from the seventeenth century to the present. Her books include translation studies, comparative literature. The translator as writer bridges the divide between those who study translation and those who produce translations, through essays written by wellknown translators talking about their own work as distinctive creative literary practice. Translation, history, and culture edited by susan bassnett. Bassnett lefevere translation history and culture pdf introduction. She also served as provicechancellor at the university twice and is currently special adviser in translation studies.
Professor bassnett writes about culture, history, religion and translation, and especially about the complex, multilayered relations amongst them, in a thoughtful, deeply humane manner. In fact, man is a receiver and sender of messages who assembles and distributes information greimas, 1970. Susan bassnett 25 3 translation practices and the circulation of cultural capital. Towards an ethics of difference 1998, all published by. New york wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. The translation turn in cuiturai studies susan bassnett in 1990, andre lefevere and i edited a collection of essays entitled translation, history and culture. Oct 31, 20 susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick. Referring to the statistics, there were 203 essays and thesis uploaded on the website with the search of susan bassnett and translation.
Out of her oeuvre, books like translation studies 2002 have become indispensable texts for translation courses all over the world. Hervey and higgins 1992 state in the process of translation proper or correct translation, that the translator bridges the cultural gap. Translation studies susan bassnettmcguire national. The essays include both diverse theoretical approaches and practical case studies, and a wide range of topics are covered, including the history of translation in scotland, the problems of translating chinese poetry into english, renaissance theories of translation, george eliots translations, and eastern european perceptions of english. Prousts grandmother and the thousand and one nights. Culture specific items csis, equivalence, translation strategy 1. Constructing cultures by susan bassnett, andre lefevere. Providing an introduction to translation studies, this book. When susan bassnett s translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the one introduction every student and interested reader had to own. This 4th edition remains essential reading for anyone new to the field and has been updated to include the cultural turn in translation studies, translation and power, postcolonial translation, skopos theory, translation and new technology, the translational turn, translation studies in the chinese and indian contexts, and translating for the theatre. The translation studies reader is the definitive reader for the study of this dynamic.
As important representatives of cultural approach in translation studies, bassnett and lefevereattached gre at importance to the role of culture in translation, the so. Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature in the centre for translation and comparative cultural studies at the university of warwick, which she founded in the 1980s. She is a professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick, and also a. A brief introduction of susan bassnett cultural studies essay. Professor bassnett tackles the crucial problems of translation and offers a history of translation theory, beginning with the ancient romans and encompassing key twentiethcentury. A critical introduction and, together with andre lefevere, translation, history and culture. We cowrote the introductory essay to the volume, intending it as a kind of manifesto of what we saw as a major change of emphasis in translation studies. With over twenty titles under her belt, susan bassnett can be aptly described as the reigning queen of translation studies. Susan bassnett has done as much as anyone to help establish translation as a rewarding subject of academic. In 1990 susan bassnett and andre lefevere, two towering translation studies scholars, famously announced what had been under way for some time.
When susan bassnett s translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the essential introduction to this new subject. September 9 translation theory before the 20th century translation in the ancient world and the middle ages readings. Leading translation theorist susan bassnett traces the history of translation, examining the ways translation is currently utilized as a burgeoning interdisciplinary activity and extending her. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read translation studies. Translation studies 4th edition susan bassnett terence. Reflections on translation by susan bassnett multilingual. Translation, history, and culture edited by susan bassnett and andre lefevere. She is joint editor of the topics in translation series. Then he discusses the history of translation, using as his paradigm the most translated book in the world, the bible, tracing it from its original hebrew and greek to jeromes latin and the.
Translation studies 3rd edition by susan bassnett, 2002. Susan bassnett tackles the crucial problems of translation and offers a history of translation theory, beginning with the ancient romans and encompassing key twentiethcentury structuralist work. During the recent two decade, the studies on susan bassnett endured a rapid growth in last decade. This varied collection of essays represents the differing strands of work currently being undertaken in the exciting new field of translation studies and reflects a shift of emphasis away from a more descriptive form of translation towards the idea that translation occupies a seminal position in the devlopment of culture. As important representatives of cultural approach in translation studies, bassnett and lefevere attached great importance to the role of culture in translation, the social background, the influence that cultural tradition imposed on translation, the subjectivity of translators and researching shift from linguistic to culture, thus improving the literariness of translated texts. When susan bassnetts translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the one introduction every student and interested reader had to own. The translators invisibility originates in my own work as a professional translator since the late 1970s. She has published extensively on translation, and her best known books include reflections on translation 2011, constructing cultures written with andre lefevere 1996 and postcolonial translation coedited with harish trivedi 1999.
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