On Translation

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On Translation

Edited by: Reuben Arthur Brower

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1959

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Volume 23 | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

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Literary Studies Literary Studies, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
I. TRANSLATORS ON TRANSLATING
Principles of Translation as Exemplified by Bible Translating Eugene A. Nida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
The Poetic Nuance Dudley Fitts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
Practical Notes on Translating Greek Poetry Richmond Lattimore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
Latin and English Verse — Some Practical Considerations Rolfe Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
Third Thoughts on Translating Poetry Jackson Mathews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
From French to English Justin O'Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	78
Translating from the German Edwin Muir and Muir Willa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
The Servile Path Vladimir Nabokov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Some Reflections on the Difficulty of Translation Achilles Fang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
II. APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM
The Added Artificer Renato Poggioli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
Meaning and Translation Willard V. Quine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
Seven Agamemnons Reuben A. Brower Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Translation: The Augustan Mode Douglas Knight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
Versions, Interpretations, and Performances John Hollander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
On Linguistic Aspects of Translation Roman Jakobson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	232
Automatic (Transference, Translation, Remittance, Shunting) Anthony G. Oettinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
III. BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Critical Bibliography of Works on Translation Bayard Quincy Morgan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271

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October 1, 2013

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February 5, 1959

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674730403

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11

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297

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7

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674731615

eBook ISBN: 9780674731615

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Translating and interpreting.; Translating and interpreting -- Bibliography.

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