Towards a General Theory of Translational Action : Skopos Theory Explained /
This is the first English translation of the seminal book by Katharina Reiss and Hans Vermeer, Grundlegung einer allgemeinen Translationstheorie, first published in 1984. The first part of the book was written by Vermeer and explains the theoretical foundations and basic principles of skopos theory...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
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2014.
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| Summary: | This is the first English translation of the seminal book by Katharina Reiss and Hans Vermeer, Grundlegung einer allgemeinen Translationstheorie, first published in 1984. The first part of the book was written by Vermeer and explains the theoretical foundations and basic principles of skopos theory as a general theory of translation and interpreting or 'translational action', whereas the second part, penned by Katharina Reiss, seeks to integrate her text-typological approach, first presented in 1971, as a 'specific theory' that focuses on those cases in which the skopos requires equivalence o. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317640004 1317640004 |