Author, as appears in the article.: Pym, Anthony
Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
URV's Author/s: Pym, Anthony David
Keywords: Translation solutions Translation procedures Translation pedagogy Traducción Theorisation of translation Non-binarism Formació de traductors
Abstract: An eight-term pedagogical typology of translation solutions has been compiled and taught in two Masters classes, one in the United States and the other in South Africa. The results suggest that the typology is robust enough to be pedagogically effective in the two situations if and when the teaching stresses a series of points: 1) the nature of its 'problem-solving' premises has to be explained carefully, 2) the typology should be presented as a list of ways to address problems that cannot be solved using the norms of standard languages or 'cruise' mode translation procedures, 3) it should be presented as being open-ended, inviting new solutions and new combinations of the main solution types, 4) its theorisation should be kept as simple as possible, in the interests of pedagogical clarity, and 5) the application of the typology should emphasise its status as a discourse of resistance to the tradition of 'either-or' approaches to translation decisions.
Thematic Areas: Linguistics and language Linguistics Language and linguistics Language & linguistics Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Antropologia / arqueologia
ISSN: 1740357X
Author's mail: anthony.pym@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-9440-0886
Record's date: 2023-02-18
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Journal Of Specialised Translation. (30): 41-65
APA: Pym, Anthony (2018). A typology of translation solutions. Journal Of Specialised Translation, (30), 41-65
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2018
Publication Type: Journal Publications