Translation: Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader responds to
the need for a collection of primary texts on translation, in the
English tradition, from the earliest times to the present day.
Based on an exhaustive survey of the wealth of available materials,
the Reader demonstrates throughout the link between theory and
practice, with excerpts not only of significant theoretical
writings but of actual translations, as well as excerpts on
translation from letters, interviews, autobiographies, and
fiction.
The collection is intended as a teaching tool, but also as an
encyclopaedia for the use of translators and writers on
translation. It presents the full panoply of approaches to
translation, without necessarily judging between them, but showing
clearly what is to be gained or lost in each case. Translations of
key texts, such as the Bible and the Homeric epic, are traced
through the ages, with the same passages excerpted, making it
possible for readers to construct their own map of the evolution of
translation and to evaluate, in their historical contexts, the
variety of approaches. The passages in question are also
accompanied by ad verbum versions, to facilitate comparison.
The bibliographies are likewise comprehensive. The editors have
drawn on the expertise of leading scholars in the field, including
the late James S. Holmes, Louis Kelly, Jonathan Wilcox, Jane
Stevenson, David Hopkins, and many others. In addition, significant
non-English texts, such as Martin Luther's "Circular Letter on
Translation," which may be said to have inaugurated the
Reformation, are included, helping to set the English tradition in
a wider context. Related items, such as the introductions totheir
work by Tudor and Jacobean translators or the work of women
translators from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries have been
brought together in "collages," marking particularly important
moments or developments in the history of translation.
This comprehensive reader provides an invaluable and illuminating
resource for scholars and students of translation and English
literature, as well as poets, cultural historians, and professional
translators.
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