Challenging the myth of native speaker competence in translation theory

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Hypotheses about translation universals 1
5. Probabilistic explanations in Translation Studies 15
6. A thousand and one translations 27
7. Creating “presence” in translation 39
8. Ready-made language and translation 51
9. Les attributs indirects en français et en danois 73
10. Kontrastive Linguistik und sprachenpaarbezogene Translationswissenschaft 83
11. Translating non-segmental features of textual communication 99
12. Challenging the myth of native speaker competence in translation theory 113
13. Expectativas y evaluación en la traducción de folletos turísticos 125
14. Censorship or error 141
15. Of holy goats and the NYPD 157
16. The .gure of the factory translator 169
17. Migrating from translation to technical communication and usability 181
18. From raw data to knowledge representation 197
19. The translator as a creative genius 209
20. Übersetzung zwischen Nationalismus und Internationalismus 219
21. Non-verbal phenomena in simultaneous interpreting 227
22. Simultaneous interpreting A-B vs. B-A from the interpreters’ standpoint 239
23. The interpreters’ notes 251
24. Expressing a well-founded fear 263
25. Cross-cultural dynamics in community interpreting. Troubleshooting 271
26. The child in the middle 285
27. The editorial process through the looking glass 297
28. Name index 307
29. Concept index 313