The Translator as Communicator
The Translator as Communicator by Basil Hatim, published by Routledge in January 1997, offers a comprehensive exploration of translation theory. This edition spans 244 pages and is presented in English. The book takes an integrated approach to translation, challenging the conventional divisions between literary and non-literary, technical and non-technical translations. Instead, it emphasizes the commonalities that exist across these categories, providing a fresh perspective on the practice of translation.
Readers will find that the authors delve into the interactions between different types of translators, such as bible translators and simultaneous interpreters, highlighting how they can learn from one another. The book presents a model through a series of case studies, each examining specific features of text constitution while maintaining a focus on their contribution to the overall analytical framework. This approach aims to foster a deeper understanding of translation as a communicative act within the fields of language arts and linguistics.
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By taking an integrated approach to the practice of translation, the authors present a contribution to translation theory. They argue that the division of the subject into literary and non-literary, technical and non-technical and so on, is unhelpful and misleading. Instead of dwelling on these differentials, the authors focus on what common ground exists between these distinctions. Through their investigation into how, for example, the bible translator and the simultaneous interpreter can learn from each other, sets of parameters begin to evolve. The proposed model is presented through a series of case studies, each of which focuses on one particular feature of text constitution, while not losing sight of how this contributes to the whole analytic apparatus.
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