The Name and Nature of Translation Studies

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The Name and Nature of Translation Studies

• Definition of Translation Studies
  • Disciplinary name: "Translation Studies"
  • Research Objects: "translation activity process and translation product"
  • Functions: "to describe particular phenomena in the world of our experience and to establish general principles by means of which they can be explained and predicted"
• Scope of Translation Studies
  • Broader than traditionally imagined
  • Pathways for research development
  • Specific elaboration of developments in the field of research
• Branches of Translation Studies
  • Pure Translation Studies
    • Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS)
      • Product-oriented: "describe existing translations"
      • Function-oriented: "description of their function in the recipient socio-cultural situation"
      • Process-oriented: "concerns itself with the process or act of translation itself"
    • Theoretical Translation Studies (ThTS)
      • Goal: "a full, inclusive theory" for explaining and predicting translation phenomena
      • Categories: medium-restricted, area-restricted, rank-restricted, text-type restricted, time-restricted, and problem-restricted theories
  • Applied Translation Studies
    • Teaching: "translating is taught in schools and courses to train professional translators"
    • Translation Aids: "lexicographical and terminological aids and grammars"
    • Translation Policy: "render informed advice to others in defining the place and role of translators"
    • Translation Criticism: "the level of such criticism is today still frequently very low"
• Development of Translation Studies
  • Current State: "the discipline is not a Wissenschaft, but that not all Wissenschaften can properly be called sciences"
  • Future Directions: "a greater impediment than the lack of a generally accepted name in the way of the development of translation studies is the lack of any general consensus as to the scope and structure of the discipline"