Literary Translation : : A Practical Guide / / Clifford E. Landers.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Landers, Clifford E.,
• MitwirkendeR: Fernandes, Millôr,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in Translation
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translato...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• La Dernière Translation
• Preface
• The Fundamentals
• Why Literary Translation?
• The uniqueness of literary translation
• Getting started
• Preparing to translate
• Staying on track
• A day in the life of a literary translator
• Stages of translation
• Techniques of Translation
• Decisions at the outset
• What literary translators really translate
• The care and feeding of authors
• Style in translation
• Fiction and footnotes
• Some notes on translating poetry
• Other areas of literary translation
• Puns and word play
• Stalking the treacherous typo (Lapsus calami)
• The dilemma of dialect
• Special problems in literary translation
• Pitfalls and how to avoid them
• The all-important title
• Profanity, prurience, pornography
• The crucial role of revision
• Final steps
• Where to publish
• The Working Translator
• The translator’s tools
• Workspace and work time
• Financial matters
• Contracts
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Appendix: Ethical questions in literary translation