Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Questions for equivalence theories
5. Question 1. What is semantic equivalence, and what might it become if we thought about it more carefully? 10
6. Question 2. What is dynamic in Nida’s dynamic equivalence? 41
7. Question 3. What is the deverbalized sens in the théorie du sens ? 67
8. Part II. Questions for Descriptive Translation Studies
9. Question 4. How are norms formed? 94
10. Question 5. What is the legal status of Gideon Toury’s laws of translation? 133
11. Question 6. In what sense does a translator narrate? 188
12. Conclusion
13. Question 7. What exactly is the translator’s visibility, and how can it be achieved? 220
14. References 247
15. Index 265