The Field of Translation Studies: An Essential Guide for Students
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Question: What are 'partial translation theories' and why are they important?
Answer: Theories that focus on only one or a few aspects of translation (not fully general). They are important because most recent significant advances have
Question: Into how many main kinds can partial translation theories be grouped?
Answer: Six main kinds.
Question: What are medium-restricted translation theories?
Answer: Theories restricted by the medium used (human translation, machine translation, or mixed machine-aided translation), and within human translation furt
Question: Give examples of subtypes within medium-restricted theories for human translation.
Answer: Oral translation/interpreting (consecutive and simultaneous) and written translation.
Question: What are area-restricted translation theories?
Answer: Theories restricted by languages involved or by cultures involved—e.g., language-pair, language-group, cultural-pair, or cultural-group restricted the
Question: How do language-restricted theories relate to comparative linguistics and stylistics?
Answer: They have close affinities with comparative linguistics and stylistics, but a language-pair translation grammar must differ from a contrastive grammar
Question: What caution is given about culture-restricted theories in relation to language restrictions?
Answer: Culture restrictions are sometimes confused with language restrictions and introduced where inappropriate, since culture and language boundaries don't
Question: What are rank-restricted translation theories?
Answer: Theories that focus on lower linguistic ranks or levels rather than whole texts—for example, the word, word group, or the sentence—rather than macro-t
Question: What historical bias existed in rank-restricted translation research?
Answer: Much past writing focused almost entirely on the rank of the word; most linguistically oriented research traditionally stopped at the sentence level,
Question: What trend is hoped for regarding rank-restricted theories?
Answer: A move from sentence-restricted theories toward textual or rank-free theories that address entire texts and macro-structural aspects.