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Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece

Translating Ancient Scientific Texts
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Languages: English, German
Published/Copyright: 2011
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Medicine, astronomy, dealing with numbers ‑ even the cultures of the “pre-modern” world offer a rich spectrum of scientific texts. But how are they best translated? Is it sufficient to translate the sources into modern scientific language, and thereby, above all, to identify their deficits? Or would it be better to adopt the perspective of the sources themselves, strange as they are, only for them not to be properly understood by modern readers? Renowned representatives of various disciplines and traditions present a controversial and constructive discussion of these problems.

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Annette Imhausen, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M.; Tanja Pommerening, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

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"To this reviewer, the volume as a whole represents a major contribution to the cultural study of ancient sciences, which is only beginning to receive proper attention. The volume is well produced, and has extensive indices to help the reader."
Xianhua Wang in: BMCR 2011.10.11

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Table of contents

    XI
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    Introduction: Translating ancient scientific texts

    1
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  • Section I: Language as a feature of a scientific discipline
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    Gegenstand und Methode: Sprachliche Erkenntnistechniken in der keilschriftlichen Überlieferung Mesopotamiens

    13
    Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum
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    Das Verhältnis von medizinischer Prognose zur religiösen Divinatorik/Mantik in Griechenland

    47
    Jochen Althoff
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    Präzision in der Prognose oder: Divination als Wissenschaft

    69
    Joachim Friedrich Quack
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    Zur Rolle des Fachwortschatzes in der Naturalis historia des Älteren Plinius

    93
    Thorsten Fögen
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  • Section II: Translations of ancient scholars
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    Translating the Phainomenaacross genre, language and culture

    119
    Liba Taub
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    Translating the Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars

    139
    Alexandra Lieven
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  • Section III: Problems of translating ancient medical texts and possible solutions
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    Von Impotenz und Migräne – eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Übersetzungen des Papyrus Ebers

    153
    Tanja Pommerening
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    Rechts oder links – wörtlich oder dem Sinn nach?

    175
    Nils P. Heeßel
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    The lamp and the mirror, or: Some comments on the ancient understanding of Mesopotamian medical manuscripts

    189
    Martin Worthington
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    Zur Neuedition des hieratisch-demotischen Papyrus Wien D 6257 aus römischer Zeit

    201
    Friedhelm Hoffmann
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    A recipe for a headache: Translating and interpreting ancient Greek and Roman remedies

    219
    Laurence M. V. Totelin
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  • Section IV: Problems and methods in translating astronomical-astrological texts
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    Ancient Egyptian star tables: A reinterpretation of their fundamental structure

    241
    Leo Depuydt
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    Methods for understanding and reconstructing Babylonian predicting rules

    277
    Lis Brack-Bernsen
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    Problems in translating ancient Greek astrological texts

    299
    Stephan Heilen
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  • Section V: Ways to express ancient mathematical concepts in modern language
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    From the cave into reality: Mathematics and cultures

    333
    Annette Imhausen
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    Translating rational-practice texts

    349
    Jim Ritter
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    How to transfer the conceptual structure of Old Babylonian mathematics: Solutions and inherent problems. With an Italian parallel

    385
    Jens Høyrup
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    Backmatter

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eBook published on:
November 19, 2010
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9783110229929
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436
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229936
eBook ISBN: 9783110229936
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Keywords for this book
Cultural History; Philology; Science of Translation; History of Science; Egyptology
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