Paper 2. Shared ground in Translation Studies

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Section I. Some general issues
5. Paper 1. On the idea of a theory 3
6. Paper 2. Shared ground in Translation Studies 17
7. Paper 3. What constitutes “progress” in Translation Studies? 25
8. Paper 4. Towards consilience? 35
9. Section II. Descriptive and prescriptive
10. Paper 5. The empirical status of prescriptivism 45
11. Paper 6. Skopos theory 55
12. Paper 7. Catford revisited 71
13. Paper 8. The descriptive paradox, or how theory can affect practice 81
14. Section III. Causality and explanation
15. Paper 9. Causes, translations, effects 97
16. Paper 10. A causal model for Translation Studies 123
17. Paper 11. Semiotic modalities in translation causality 137
18. Paper 12. On explanation 147
19. Section IV. Norms
20. Paper 13. From ‘is’ to ‘ought’ 167
21. Paper 14. A note on norms and evidence 185
22. Section V. Similarities and differences
23. Paper 15. On similarity 195
24. Paper 16. Problems with strategies 201
25. Paper 17. The unbearable lightness of English words 213
26. Section VI. Hypotheses
27. Paper 18. The status of interpretive hypotheses 225
28. Paper 19. Reflections on the literal translation hypothesis 237
29. Section VII. “Universals”
30. Paper 20. Beyond the particular 253
31. Paper 21. What is a unique item? 269
32. Paper 22. Kundera’s sentence 281
33. Paper 23. Universalism in Translation Studies 295
34. Section VIII. The sociological turn
35. Paper 24. Questions in the sociology of translation 307
36. Paper 25. The name and nature of Translator Studies 323
37. Paper 26. Models of what processes? 331
38. Section IX. Translation ethics
39. Paper 27. Proposal for a Hieronymic Oath 347
40. Paper 28. An ethical decision 363
41. References 369
42. Name index 391
43. Subject index 395