翻译理论和非文学文本(英文).ppt

Translation Theory and the NON Literary text Belinda Maia Universidade do Porto Acknowledgements This lecture is based to a large extent on: MUNDAY, Jeremy. 2001. Introducing Translation Studies – Theories and Applications. London and New York: Routledge VENUTI, Lawrence. (Ed.) 2000. The Translation Studies Reader. London and New York: Routledge. BUT the implications for the NON literary text are my own responsibility A few general distinctions Translating v.? interpreting Source language/text – SL / ST Target? language/text? - TL / TT Intralingual v. interlingual v. intersemiotic translation Translation as language learning Contrastive linguistics Comparative literature “Translation Studies” – self-perception Many people today think that Translation Studies is mainly: Literary theory Cultural studies And, possibly: Communication studies Stylistics Genre analysis Translation Theory - TT– perspective from Philosophy Linguistic philosophy - attempts to discover WHAT language means: the ideal language(s) of logic etc. ordinary language philosophy Philosophy of language – attempts to find out HOW language means: certain general features of language such as meaning, reference, truth, verification, speech acts and logical necessity Philosophy of linguistics - the study of language through linguistics TT – perspective from Philosophy of Linguistics Structuralism - language reflects structure of thought, culture and society Transformational-Generative grammar - underlying universal language Functionalism - Language and its social functions Cognitivism - Language as it reflects our cognitive appraisal of the world, categorization of experience and use of metaphor TT – perspective from Linguistics Linguists perceive it as related to: Contrastive linguistics Pragmatics Discourse Analysis Stylistics Once dismissed as useless to TT– all of these areas have been re-animated by corpora linguistics TT – perspective from Information Technoclogy IT speciali