From St Jerome to Hypertext: Translation in Theory and Practice - Softcover

Qvale, Per

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190065069X ISBN 13: 9781900650694

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

From St. Jerome to Hypertext is an ambitious attempt to chart the terrain of literary translation - its history, theory and practice. It examines translation from linguistic, extralinguistic and philosophical perspectives and poses a range of important questions, including: the extent to which a linguistically creative original text should be reduced to fit existing norms in translation; whether translators should render the author's voice or the author's vision; how a translator might bridge the gender gap, generation gap, cultural gap, geographical distance, and distance in time; the way in which one translates texts which are themselves multilingual; whether the Bible is a technical book, a primary source, a drama or a revelation; the impact that processes of internationalization, multimedia communication and technological innovations might have on literature in translation.

Individual chapters offer detailed treatmemnt of topis such as the relationship between author and translator, wordplay and language games, syntax, cultural biotes, understanding and meaning, and the process of translation.

About this title

About the Author

Per Qvale has a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Oslo and now works as a literary translator. He has translated nearly a 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction, into Norwegian from English, German and Swedish.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190065069X
• ISBN 13: 9781900650694
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302