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5 - Translated Text

from Part I - The Nature of Translation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2022

By
Bergljot Behrens
Edited by
Kirsten Malmkjær
Kirsten Malmkjær
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Summary

Chapter 5 discusses claims that different norms govern translation and the nature of translated text in different temporal and geographical contexts, and that translated texts differ from first-written texts. It considers the troubled relationship between the notions of norms and translation universals, and addresses the question of what constitutes a translation ‘proper’, and what characterizes the task a translator takes on when translating a piece of literature. It gives an account of the variety of approaches and attitudes taken to this task since Ancient Roman times, through to the work of Gideon Toury on translation laws and later developments that this has inspired, including work on norms, the nature of translated text, and translation universals. Translations and retranslations into English of Henrik Ibsen’s plays are used for purposes of illustration.

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Normstranslated textfirst-written textuniversalstranslation lawsretranslationsHenrik Ibsen
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The Cambridge Handbook of Translation , pp. 96 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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