Retranslation through the Centuries - Jules Verne in English (Paperback, New edition)

Making a contribution to the still under-researched translation history of Verne's Extraordinary Journeys, this book examines the causes of a selection of renderings from French into English of the 1873 Jules Verne novel Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days). This study integrates a number of methodologies in order to offer a comprehensive explanation of translation outcomes. It presents a diachronic investigation of the multiple interacting translation causes which have produced various retranslations of the same work. A corpus of target texts, from 1873 to 2004, is analysed in order to discover the translation strategies employed and their likely causes using Pym's (1998) model of the four Aristotelian causes of social phenomena, as applied to translation. Translators' biographical details are studied to ascertain the agency of the translator. The book addresses the difficulties encountered in uncovering biographical information on certain translators, and the considerations involved in selecting a suitable corpus of retranslated texts. It provides some understanding of the reasons for which retranslations of a canonical novel are undertaken and contributes to arguments concerning translation universals.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	New Trends in Translation Studies, 5
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Kieran O'Driscoll
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	286
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430236-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Promotions
LSN:	3-03-430236-3
Barcode:	9783034302364

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