Multilingual Routes in Translation

This book explores the interface between translation and pragmatics, using case studies in English, Greek, Russian, and Chinese translation practice to demonstrate how translation can interact with pragmatics and reshape meaning in a target language. It employs an emic approach and has a didactic perspective, showing how pragmatic awareness can regulate translator behavior and be useful in foreign language teaching.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 261 pages
Publication date: 09 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate interplay between translation and pragmatics, presenting a rich collection of case studies spanning English, Greek, Russian, and Chinese translation practices. Through these case studies, the book showcases the remarkable potential of translation to engage with pragmatics and dynamically reshape meaning-making in the target language in diverse and pragmatically significant ways. The fusion of fiction and non-fiction genres opens up a vast array of interlingual transfer instances, expanding our understanding of the evolving dynamics in translation transfer. Authors employ an emic approach, alongside an etic one, to substantiate their findings, often presenting them visually. With a didactic perspective, the book underscores how pragmatic awareness can guide translator behavior and holds immense value in foreign language teaching, as it emphasizes the crucial role of implicit knowledge in shaping the message in a foreign language.

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate interplay between translation and pragmatics, presenting a rich collection of case studies spanning English, Greek, Russian, and Chinese translation practices. Through these case studies, the book showcases the remarkable potential of translation to engage with pragmatics and dynamically reshape meaning-making in the target language in diverse and pragmatically significant ways. The fusion of fiction and non-fiction genres opens up a vast array of interlingual transfer instances, expanding our understanding of the evolving dynamics in translation transfer. Authors employ an emic approach, alongside an etic one, to substantiate their findings, often presenting them visually. With a didactic perspective, the book underscores how pragmatic awareness can guide translator behavior and holds immense value in foreign language teaching, as it emphasizes the crucial role of implicit knowledge in shaping the message in a foreign language.

Weight: 438g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811904424
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022