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The Dancer and the Dance: Essays in Translation Studies

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2013
ISBN
1443847372, 9781443847377
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2305024 bytes)
Pages
210\212
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-07-04 12:54:08

Description

The Dancer and the Dance is a collection of thirteen essays in translation studies. Unlike many similar collections that have appeared in the past decades, it is the product of theory integrated with practice; in it, the authors have steered clear of theorizing in a vacuum, making sure that their findings tally with what actually happens in translation; there is no attempt at putting forward hypotheses based on mere speculation. As translation theorists and/or translators whose specialities cover translation studies, linguistics, cultural studies, computer-aided translation, Chinese literature, English literature, comparative literature, and creative writing, the thirteen authors have taken up the challenge of unravelling the mystery of what, in I. A. Richards' words, may very probably be the most complex type of event yet produced in the evolution of the cosmos. Impossible as the task may have seemed, they have all succeeded, each in his/her own way, in tracing out many warp and weft threads, as well as hitherto undiscovered patterns in the vast, gorgeous, and mysterious tapestry woven by God after Babel.

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