1. Translations as facts of a ‘target’ culture

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction: A case for Descriptive Translation Studies xi
4. Part I. The pivotal position of Descriptive Studies and DTS 1
5. Part II. A rationale for Descriptive Translation Studies
6. 1. Translations as facts of a ‘target’ culture 17
7. 2. The notion of ‘problem’ in Translation Studies 35
8. Excursus A. Pseudotranslations and their significance 47
9. 3. Being a norm-governed activity 61
10. 4. Studying translational norms 79
11. 5. Constituting a method for Descriptive Studies 93
12. 6. The coupled pair of replacing + replaced segments 115
13. 7. An exemplary ‘study in Descriptive Studies’ 131
14. Part III. Translation-in-context
15. 8. Between ‘Golden Poems’ and Shakespearean sonnets 145
16. 9. A lesson from indirect translation 161
17. 10. Literary organization and translation strategies 179
18. Excursus B. ‘Translation of literary texts’ vs. ‘literary translation’ 197
19. 11. Studying interim solutions 213
20. 12. A translation comes into being 227
21. 13. Translation-specific lexical items and their lexicographical treatment 241
22. 14. Experimentation in Translation Studies 257
23. Excursus C. A bilingual speaker becomes a translator 277
24. Part IV. Beyond Descriptive Studies
25. References 317
26. Name index 337
27. Subject index 339