Translation problem

Gideon Toury
Tel Aviv University
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The notion of ‘problem’ has been looming large in discourse about translation, regardless of whether the discourse had theoretical (e.g. Holmes’ category of ‘Problem-Restricted [Partial] Theoretical Translation Studies’), descriptive-explanatory or applied aspirations. Whether the word ‘problem’ itself was used or not, the logical complement of ‘problem’, ‘solution’, is much rarer.

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References

Holmes, J
1988/1972 “The Name and Nature of Translation Studies.” In Translated!, J. Holmes (ed.), 65–80. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Toury, G
2012 1995 Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond. Revised edition. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar

Further reading

Hönig H.G. & Kussmaul P
1982 Strategie der Übersetzung. Tübingen: Gunter Narr.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Krings, H.P
1986 Was in den Köpfen von Übersetzern vorgeht. Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Struktur des Übersetzungsprozesses an fortgeschrittenen Französischlernern. Tübingen: Gunter Narr.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lörscher, W
1991 Translation Performance, Translation Process, and Translation Strategies: A Psycholinguistic Investigation. Tübingen: Gunter Narr.  BoPGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Nord, C
1991 Text Analysis in Translation. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.  TSBGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
PACTE group
2011 “Results of the Validation of the PACTE Translation Competence Model.” In Methods and Strategies of Process Research, C. Alvstad, A. Hild & E. Tiselius (eds). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John BenjaminsGoogle Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Vandepitte S. & Hardsuiker R.J
2011 “Metonymic language use as a student translation problem.” In Methods and Strategies of Process Research, C. Alvstad, A. Hild & E. Tiselius (eds). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins  TSB Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
 
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