Translation in Systems

"Translation in Systems has been the reliable companion for those who would like to access a clear, comprehensive and critical account of descriptive and systemic approaches both foundational theoretical frameworks which have shaped translation studies. Almost two decades on, it deserves its place in the Routledge Translation Classics, and will continue to guide and inspire teachers, students and researchers who are new to the discipline."ebnem Susam-Saraeva, Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK "Hermans gives us an insider testimony and a critical review of the gestation of the basic principles on which the fledgling discipline was built: descriptive rather than prescriptive analysis, a systemic view of literature, and a quest for norms and laws of translation."Kaisa Koskinen, Professor of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland

Autorentext

Theo Hermans was until recently Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at University College London (UCL). He is now Emeritus Professor in Translation Studies at UCL and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. His main research interests concern the theory and history of translation.

Klappentext

A critically acclaimed foundational text, Translation in Systems offers a comprehensive guide to the descriptive and systemic approaches which have shaped Translation Studies. This is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in Translation studies and related areas.

Zusammenfassung
A critically acclaimed foundational text, Translation in Systems offers a comprehensive guide to the descriptive and systemic approaches which have shaped Translation Studies. This is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in Translation studies and related areas.

Inhalt

Foreword to the Routledge Translation Classics Edition
Kathryn Batchelor

Preface

Acknowlegdements

Preamble: Mann's Fate

1 An Invisible College

Names

Invisible Colleges

Manipulation College?

2 Lines of Approach

'Diagnostic rather than hortatory'

Decisions, Shifts, Metatexts

A Disciplinary Utopia

3 Points of Orientation

4 Undefining Translation

5 Describing Translation

First Attempts

Transemes?

Real Readers

Checklists

Comparative Practice

6 Working with Norms

Decisions and Norms

Toury's Norms

Chesterman's Norms

Norm Theory

Studying Norms

7 Beyond Norms

Laws?

Translation as Index

Equivalence?

Historicizing Theory

8 Into Systems

Polysystem's Sources

Polysystem's Terms

Polysystems in Action

Polysystem's Limitations

9 More Systems?

Mass Communication Maps

System, Ideology and Poetics

Translation as Field and Habitus

10 Translation as System

Expectations Structure

Translation as a Social System

Self-reference and Description

11 Criticisms

12 Perspectives

Glossary

Bibliography

Index