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Translating Values
. Ed(S): Blumczynski, Piotr; Gillespie, John
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Hardback. Editor(s): Blumczynski, Piotr; Gillespie, John. Series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
This collection explores the central importance of values and evaluative concepts in cross-cultural translational encounters. Written by a group of international scholars from a diverse range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the chapters in this book consider what it means to translate cultures by examining core values and their relationship to key evaluative concepts (such as authenticity, clarity, home, honour, or justice) and how they influence the complex multidimensional process of translation. This book will be of interest to academics studying cross-cultural and inter-linguistic interactions, to translators and interpreters, students of translation and of modern languages, and all those dealing ... Read more
This collection explores the central importance of values and evaluative concepts in cross-cultural translational encounters. Written by a group of international scholars from a diverse range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the chapters in this book consider what it means to translate cultures by examining core values and their relationship to key evaluative concepts (such as authenticity, clarity, home, honour, or justice) and how they influence the complex multidimensional process of translation. This book will be of interest to academics studying cross-cultural and inter-linguistic interactions, to translators and interpreters, students of translation and of modern languages, and all those dealing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting
Number of Pages
363
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137549709
SKU
V9781137549709
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About . Ed(S): Blumczynski, Piotr; Gillespie, John
Piotr Blumczynski is Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Queen’s University Belfast. His research and teaching focus on translation theory and practice, translation of sacred texts, ethics, ethnolinguistics and cognitive semantics. He has published two monographs: Doctrine in Translation (2006) and Ubiquitous Translation (2016). He is Associate Editor of the journal Translation Studies. John Gillespie is Professor of French Language ... Read more
Reviews for Translating Values
“Showing a predominantly theoretical and philosophical orientation, Translating Values gives food for thought about abstract notions such as culture as an identity shaper, or the burning issue of our stance towards alterity. … Translating Values might find its place on the reading lists of cultural and translation studies scholars.” (Andrea Stojilkov, Target, Vol. 29 (2), 2017)