Specialised Translation: Shedding the ‘Non-Literary’ Tag

186 Pages·2015·3.272 MB·English

by  Margaret Rogers (auth.)

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Specialised Translation
Shedding the ‘Non-Literary’ Tag
Margaret Rogers
University of Surrey, UK
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Contents
List of Tables ix
Acknowledgements x
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Communication and translation 1
1.2 Why terminology? 3
1.3 A first stab at the literary versus ‘non-literary’
distinction 5
1.4 Scoping specialised translation 11
1.5 Overview 18
2 Specialised Translation: An Orientation 20
2.1 Specialised translation: a neglected field? 20
2.2 LSP, translation and subject fields 25
2.3 Specialised translation and culture 27
2.4 LSP beyond the lexical 30
2.5 LSP and terminology 35
2.6 Terms, text and lexical codification 38
2.7 Conclusion 41
3 Borders and Borderlands 43
3.1 Introduction 43
3.2 Exploring borders and translation 44
3.3 What is a term? 49
3.4 What is a text? 59
3.5 W hat is translation and what is specialised (LSP)
translation? 70
3.6 Conclusion 79
4 Terminology and Specialised Translation: A Historical
Perspective 81
4.1 Introduction 81
4.2 Terminology for translation: starting from the past 82
4.2.1 Communicating: a word-focussed view 83
4.2.2 Working methods 92
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4.3 Developments in the practice of terminology 95
4.3.1 Early developments in lexical codification 96
4.3.2 T erminology and translation:
from word to text 99
4.4 Linking knowledge and translation through terms 102
4.4.1 Giving voice to knowledge 102
4.4.2 More on glossaries 105
4.5 Conclusion 107
5 Terminology and Text: Closing the Gaps 110
5.1 Introduction 110
5.2 What is a ‘lexical gap’? 111
5.2.1 Some views on the classical trio 111
5.2.2 Lexical gaps from a terminology perspective 113
5.2.3 Lexical gaps from a translation perspective 115
5.3 Borrowing 117
5.4 Neologisms 121
5.5 Circumlocution 130
5.6 Conclusion 134
6 Concluding Remarks 136
Notes 140
References 154
Index 171
List of Tables
1.1 Subject distribution of articles in issues of
The Translator & Target (2004, 2009, 2014), N = 77 13
1.2 Subject distribution of articles in issues of JoSTrans
(January 2004–July 2014), N = 201 16
3.1 Language-typological differences in term formation 53
4.1 Comparison of requirements for choice of words in
classical sources and requirements for the formation
of terms showing potential conflicts between
requirements 90
4.2 Comparison of requirements for choice of words
in classical sources and means of filling lexical gaps in
translation 92
5.1 Selective summary of translation strategies to fill
lexical gaps reported in the Translation Studies
literature 118
5.2 Possibilities for filling the lexical gap for ‘microchip’
in Greek 120
5.3 The diachronic emergence of terms in English
and French 129
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