Text in English. 165 pp. 2nd printing. Designed for the growing number of courses on literary translation, Translating Literahure discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion of the role translations play in the evolution and interpretations of literatures. Exercises and examples highlight problems in translation. Lefevere shows that translations, like history, criticism, and anthologization, are part of a tradition of "rewriting" and are instrumental in the development and the teaching of literatures. Translafing Literature concludes with an extensive bibliography of translation studies.

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Title

Translating Literature : Practice and Theory in a Comparative Literature Context

Publisher

Modern Language Association of America, 2

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0873523946

ISBN 13

9780873523943

Binding

Soft Cover

Condition

Fine

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Language Arts & Disciplines

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Designed for courses on literary translation, Translating Literature discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating both practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion on the role translations play in the evolution and interpretation of literatures. Exercises and examples highlight problems in translation.

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Andr� Lefevere was Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

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