Translation Studies: Problems and Methods

Author: Wolfram Wilss Toury
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Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This book is a representative work of Western translation theory. Professor Wolfram Wilss is an important figure in the field of German translation theory. Translation Studies: Problems and Methods is the culmination of his many years of teaching and research in translation. The book was first written in German and published in 1977. Later, the author revised and expanded it, and it was co-translated into English with others. It was published by Gunter Narr in West Germany in 1982. The book, including the introduction, consists of 12 chapters: Translation as a tool for modern communication, the history and current state of translation theory, methodological issues in translation studies, the translation process and procedures, text linguistics and translation, the problem of equivalence in translation, difficulties in translation, translation teaching, analysis of English-German translation errors, translation criticism, and machine translation, among others.