Literary translation between equivalence and manipulation: Lawrence Norfolk'sLempri�re's Dictionary in German

Horton, David

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“…from • a practical perspective which plays a dominant role in the literary translation discussion owing to the importance and prestige that accrues from translating world literature (world literature being often identified with translation), • a didactical perspective which is gaining ground as many new literary translation courses and programs emerge, mosdy offered as practical courses 'with workshop character, as well as from • a theoretical perspective as is documented in the rise of theoretical literature (e.g. Zuschlag 2002, Greiner 2004, which in the past carried the least weight in its translation dimension, its 'cluelessness' becoming painfully public over the Lemprieres Dictionary controversy (Gerzymisch-Arbogast et al 1995, Horton 1994). We will here neglect the didactical and concentrate on the practical perspective and argue that beyond theorizing 'about' (declarative) aspects of aesthetic texts from questioning their status as originals to· hypothesizing about polysystems and manipulation, the focus must be shifted to the 'how to' (procedural) aspects of literary translation if theory hopes to be of some benefit for practical translators.…”

Section: The Practical Dimension: Literary Translationmentioning

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That Rising Corn ... Ce Ble Qui Leve ... Die Aufgehende Saat ... Towards a Common Translation Profile

Gerzymisch-Arbogast¹

2005

Zeitschrift Für Anglistik Und Amerikanistik

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Abstra~t: The article positions the role of translation theory vis-a.-vis the challenges of translation practice. After portraying its heterogeneous historical development and the ensuing compartrnentalization of translation today, it argues that translation theory has developed a theoretical and methodological profile in the past twenty years as a useful resource for translation practice in the future. With the understanding that any discipline as a whole sustains its success only when operating on coherent concepts and methodologies, a possible common methodological ground for the complex dimensions of translation is outlined and discussed with special reference to what it can offer to the practice of literary translation. Against this background it is illustrated that conceptual and methodological coherence and transparency are not only useful standards when making and discussing literary translation decisions but are the essential backbone for the continued success of tr~slation as a discipline.

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Section: The Practical Dimension: Literary Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

That Rising Corn ... Ce Ble Qui Leve ... Die Aufgehende Saat ... Towards a Common Translation Profile

Gerzymisch-Arbogast¹

2005

Zeitschrift Für Anglistik Und Amerikanistik

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“…Von Ausnahmen abgesehen, z.B. der kontroversen Diskussion über die Qualität der deutschen Überset-zung von "Lemprière's Dictionary" von Lawrence Norfolk (Richter 1993;GerzymischArbogast 1994;Horton 1994), verhält sich die Öffentlichkeit der Tätigkeit des Übersetzers gegenüber weithin indifferent, möglicherweise ein Grund, warum die Übersetzungswissenschaft (ÜW) bisher darauf verzichtet hat, sich an der intensiven, von der BWL ausgehenden RM-Diskussion zu beteiligen.…”

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Übersetzen als Sonderform des Risikomanagements

Wilss

2005

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RÉSUMÉIl n'est pas possible de dater l'entrée du mot « Risikomanagment » (RM) dans les dictionnaires de la langue allemande. Probablement, il s'agit d'un calque de l'expression américaine risk management, expression qui peut se vanter d'une longue tradition (Knight 1921) dans le monde anglo-américain. Pour approfondir une telle recherche dans le domaine de la langue allemande, il faudrait de nombreux dictionnaires mono-et plurilingues ainsi qu'une exégèse de la littérature spécialisée et exhaustive en sciences économiques. En d'autres termes, ceci nécessiterait un projet de recherche avec l'établissement d'un important corpus de textes avec l'infrastructure adéquate. Un seul homme -en l'occurrence un professeur émérite -ne peut y parvenir seul. ABSTRACTWe cannot date the first entry of the German word "Risikomanagment" (RM) in German dictionaries. Most probably, this is a calque of the American expression risk management, which has a long tradition in the Anglo-American world (Knight 1921). Should we want to make a thorough research in the German literature we would need not only numerous mono-and bilingual dictionaries, but would also have to go through the specialized literature of economic sciences. In other words, such an enterprise is not possible without establishing an important text corpus and the needed infrastructure. A one-man enterprise, which an emeritus represents nolens volens, can't possibly envisage such an enterprise.

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Wilss

2005

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Literary translation between equivalence and manipulation: Lawrence Norfolk'sLempri�re's Dictionary in German

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That Rising Corn ... Ce Ble Qui Leve ... Die Aufgehende Saat ... Towards a Common Translation Profile

That Rising Corn ... Ce Ble Qui Leve ... Die Aufgehende Saat ... Towards a Common Translation Profile

Übersetzen als Sonderform des Risikomanagements

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