Type of Publication:
Edited collection
Author/Editor:
Anthony, PYM, Miriam SCHLESINGER, Daniel SIMEONI (Edtors)
Year of publication:
2008
Keywords:
Place of Publication & Publisher:
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins
Publisher URL:
http://www.benjamins.com
ISBN/ISSN:
Hb 978 90 272 16847
Price and ordering information:
EUR 110
Publication blurb:
To go “beyond” the work of a leading intellectual is rarely an unambiguous
tribute. However, when Gideon Toury founded Descriptive Translation
Studies as a research-based discipline, he laid down precisely that intellectual
challenge: not just to describe translation, but to explain it through reference
to wider relations. at call off ers at once a common base, an open and
multidirectional ambition, and many good reasons for unambiguous
tribute. e authors brought together in this volume include key players
in Translation Studies who have responded to Toury’s challenge in one
way or another. eir diverse contributions address issues such as the
sociology of translators, contemporary changes in intercultural relations, the
fundamental problem of defi ning translations, the nature of explanation,
and case studies including pseudotranslation in Renaissance Italy, Sherlock
Holmes in Turkey, and the coff ee-and-sugar economy in Brazil. All
acknowledge Translation Studies as a research-based space for conceptual
coherence and creativity; all seek to explain as well as describe. In this
sense, we believe that Toury’s call has been answered beyond expectations.
Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies. Investigations in Homage to Gideon Toury
Posted by Elena Di Giovanni 17th March 2008.