Subject: new books : translation

john benjamins publishing would like to call your attention to the following new titles in the field of translation : translation and creation . readings of western literature in early modern china , 1840-1918 david e . pollard ( ed . ) 1998 vi , 336 pp . benjamins translation library , 25 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 709 8 price : us $ 85 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 1628 2 price : nlg 170 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com in the late qing period , from the opium war to the 1911 revolution , china absorbed the initial impact of western arms at first , then manufactures , science and culture - in that order . this volume of essays deals with the reception of western literature in china , on the evidence of translations made . having to overcome chinese assumptions of cultural superiority , the perception that the west had a literature worth notice grew only gradually . it was not until the very end of the 19th century that a translation of a western novel ( la dame aux camelias ) achieved popular acclaim . but this opened the floodgates ; in the first decade of the 20th century , more translated fiction was published than original fiction . translators ' strategies and creativity . selected papers from the 9th international conference on translation and interpreting . in honor of jiri levy and anton popovic ann beylard - ozeroff , jana krlov & barbara moser - mercer ( eds . ) 1998 xiv , 230 pp . benjamins translation library , 27 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 711 x price : $ 65 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 1630 4 price : nlg 130 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this volume brings together a selection of papers presented at the ixth international conference on translation and interpreting , prague , september 1995 , co-organized by the institute of translation studies , charles university , prague , and the ecole de traduction et d ' interprtation , university of geneva . the conference was dedicated to the work of jiri levy and anton popovic and focused on the vital role played by translators ' strategies and their creativity in the translation process . contributions by : j . krlov and b . moser - mercer ; r . voyat ; g . quillard ; e . osers ; o . carbonell cortes ; e . hung ; m . morris ; d . tellinger ; z . jettmarova ; a . kruger ; j . milton ; a . pym ; r . van den broeck ; f . chaume varela ; z . fiser ; c . jurchott ; k . kinga ; e . nida ; g . hansen ; v . ivir ; l . gran ; i cenkova ; k . jonason ; r . mackenzie ; m . piotrowska ; a . riccardi ; s . roiss and j . weatherby ; b . alexieva . the changing scene in world languages . issues and challenges . marian b . labrum , ( ed . ) 1997 160 pp . ata scholarly monographs series , ix us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 628 8 price : $ 49 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 3184 2 price : nlg 98 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com the 1997 ata volume brings together articles on translation practice into the 21st century . contributions deal with the information age , multilingualism in europe , english as a lingua franca , terminology standardization , translating for the media , and new directions in translator training . a comprehensive bibliography of dissertations makes this a useful reference tool . contributions by : p . bush ; t . cabre ; m . del camino ; c . dollerup ; o . diaz fouces ; m . gaddis rose ; d . hague ; m . labrum ; r . mayoral and d . kelly ; e . nida ; j . and d . smart . text typology and translation . anna trosborg , ( ed . ) 1997 xvi , 342 pp . benjamins translation library , 26 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 710 1 price : $ 89 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 1629 0 price : nlg 178 john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this book breaks new ground in translation theory and practice . part i deals with methodological aspects and offers a typology of translations both as product and as process . part ii is devoted to domain-specific texts in a cross-cultural perspective , while part iii is concerned with terminology and lexicon as well as the constraints of mode and medium involving dubbing and subtitling as translation methods . sonnets , sagas , fairy tales , novels and feature films , sermons , political speeches , international treaties instruction leaflets , business letters , academic lectures , academic articles , medical research articles , technical brochures and legal documents are but some of the texts under investigation . in sum , this volume provides a theoretical overview of major problems and possibilities as well as investigations into a variety of text types with practical suggestions that deserve to be weighted by anyone considering the relation between text typology and translation . the volume is indispensable for the translator in his / her efforts to become a " competent text-aware professional " . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bernadette martinez - keck tel : ( 215 ) 836-1200 publicity / marketing fax : ( 215 ) 836-1204 john benjamins north america e-mail : bernie @ benjamins . com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 19118-0519 check out the john benjamins web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com
