Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up- to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide.
This fourth edition has been fully revised and continues to provide a balanced and detailed guide to the theoretical landscape. Each theory is applied to a wide range of languages, including Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese and Spanish. A broad spectrum of texts is analysed, including the Bible, Buddhist sutras, Beowulf, the fiction of García Márquez and Proust, European Union and UNESCO documents, a range of contemporary films, a travel brochure, a children’s cookery book and the translations of Harry Potter. Each chapter comprises an introduction outlining the translation theory or theories, illustrative texts with translations, case studies, a chapter summary and discussion points and exercises.
Jeremy Munday is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Leeds, UK, and is a qualified and experienced translator. He is author of Style and Ideology in Translation (Routledge 2008) and Evaluation in Translation (Routledge 2012), editor of The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies (2009) and co-author, with Basil Hatim, of Translation: An Advanced Resource Bo...