Optimality in TranslationWritescope Publishers, 2008 - 318 pages Translation may be regarded as a response to a problem of communication usually between two language-bound cultural entities. The act itself is a multi-dimensional and multi-layered process involving in one consensual domain problem solving and decision making. This book explores translation as a decision-making process under constraints. It examines these constraints, and develops a three-tier decision-based translation model that can be used in self-evaluation of translations and in translation quality assessment. The model is anchored in optimality theory and regards translation as a temporary system of conflicting forces embodied by constraints yielding an optimal translation within these constraints. -- Product Description. |
Table des matières
TABLES AND FIGURES | 11 |
INTRODUCTION | 20 |
DECISION MAKING IN TRANSLATION | 29 |
RATIONALITY OF TRANSLATION DECISIONS | 45 |
TRANSLATIONMEDIATED COMMUNICATION | 95 |
OPTIMALITY IN TRANSLATION | 114 |
TRANSLATION AS A DECISION MAKING PROCESS | 147 |
A THINKALOUD INVESTIGATION | 244 |
TOWARDS A MODEL OF TRANSLATION DECISION | 285 |
REFERENCES | 291 |
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