Translation and Norms

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-1-85359-438-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 375 g

This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans, the main contributors to this volume, have been highly influential in the development of the concept of norms as an analytical tool in studying translations. They argue that all decisions in the translation process are primarily governed by norms and illustrate the interplay between the translator's responses to expectations, constraints and pressures in a social context. Describing translation as norm-governed behaviour in a social, cultural and historical situation raises a number of issues. For example, how do we reconstruct norms from textual features? What is the relationship between regular patterns in texts and norms? How do translators acquire norms? Do they behave according to norms? These are some of the issues raised and discussed in the two main contributions, in the debates and in the responses by Andrew Chesterman, Daniel Cite, Anthony Pym, Douglas Robinson and Sergio Viaggio.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schäffner, Christina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Christina Schäffner: The Concept of Norms in Translation Studies

Gideon Toury: A Handful of Paragraphs on ‘Translation’ and ‘Norms’

The First Debate

Theo Hermans: Translation and Normativity

The Second Debate

Andrew Chesterman: Description, Explanation, Prediction: A Response to Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans

Daniel Gile: Norms in Research on Conference Interpreting: A Response to Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans

Anthony Pym: Okay, So How Are Translation Norms Negotiated? A Question for Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans

Douglas Robinson: Looking Through Translation: A Response to Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans

Sergio Viaggio: The Limitations of the Strictly Socio-Historical Description of Norms: A Response to Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans

Gideon Toury: Some of Us Are Finally Talking to Each Other: Would it Mark the Beginning of a True Dialogue? Comments on Responses

Theo Hermans: Some Concluding Comments on the Debates and the Responses

Über Autor(innen)

Schäffner, Christina
Christina Schäffner is Professor Emerita at Aston University, Birmingham. Until her retirement in September 2015 she was the Head of Translation Studies at Aston, teaching courses in translation studies, interpreting, and supervising Master dissertations and PhD students.  Her main research interests are: political discourse in translation, news translation, metaphor in translation, and translation didactics, and she has published widely on these topics. Major publications include Political Discourse, Media and Translation (edited with S. Bassnett 2010), Translation research and Interpreting research: Traditions, gaps and synergies (2004) and Politics as Text and Talk. Analytic Approaches to Political Discourse (edited with P. Chilton, 2002).

Christina Schaffner is a lecturer in German in the School of Languages and European Studies at Aston University (Birmingham, UK), Co-director of the Institute for the Study of Language and Society, and Secretary General of the European Society for Translation Studies. Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics and metaphors.