Translation universals : do they exist /
edited by Anna Mauranen, Pekka Kujamk̃i.
- vi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Benjamins translation library, v. 48 0929-7316 ; .
- Benjamins translation library v. 48. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Probabilistic explanations in translation studies: Welcome as they are, would they qualify as universals? / Beyond the particular / When is a universal not a universal? Some limits of current corpus-based methodologies for the investigation of translation universals / Corpora, universals and interference / Untypical frequencies in translated language: A corpus-based study on a literary corpus of translated and non-translated Finnish / Untypical patterns in translations: Issues on corpus methodology and synonymity / Translation-specific lexicogrammar? Characteristic lexical and collocational patterning in Swedish texts translated from English / Explication: A universal of translated text? / Explication of clausal relations: A corpus-based analysis of clause connectives in translated and non-translated Finnish children's literature / Unique items - over- or under-represented in translated language? / What happens to "unique items" in learners' translations? "Theories" and "concepts" as a challenge for novices' views on "good translation" / The fate of "The Families of Medellin": Tampering with a potential translation universal in the translation class / Gideon Toury -- Andrew Chesterman -- Silvia Bernardini and Federico Zanettin -- Anna Mauranen -- Sari Eskola -- Jarmo Harri Jantunen -- Per-Ola Nilsson -- Vilma Papai -- Tiina Puurtinen -- Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit -- Pekka Kujamaki -- Riitta Jaaskelainen.
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Translating and interpreting Linguistic universals