Translation : linguistic and philosophical perspectives /
Kay, Martin,
Translation : linguistic and philosophical perspectives / Martin Kay. - vi, 219 pages ; 20 cm. - CSLI lecture notes ; no. 221 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Martin Kay's Translation is concerned with the fundamental underpinnings of the titular subject. Kay argues that the primary responsibility of the translator is to the referents of words themselves. He shows how a pair of sentences that might have widely different meanings in isolation could have similar meanings in some contexts. Exploring such key subjects as how to recognize when a pair of texts might be translations of each other, Kay attempts to answer the essential question: What is translation anyway?"--
9781575868714 1575868717
Translating and interpreting.
--Reading book
418.02 / KAY
Translation : linguistic and philosophical perspectives / Martin Kay. - vi, 219 pages ; 20 cm. - CSLI lecture notes ; no. 221 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Martin Kay's Translation is concerned with the fundamental underpinnings of the titular subject. Kay argues that the primary responsibility of the translator is to the referents of words themselves. He shows how a pair of sentences that might have widely different meanings in isolation could have similar meanings in some contexts. Exploring such key subjects as how to recognize when a pair of texts might be translations of each other, Kay attempts to answer the essential question: What is translation anyway?"--
9781575868714 1575868717
Translating and interpreting.
--Reading book
418.02 / KAY