The Translator as a Creative Being with special regard to the translation of literature and LSP

Sorvali, Irma

Babel 1998 44 (3)234-243
(ReLIS:jul:oibfdn:y:1998:v:44:i:3:p:234-243)

Abstract:

The translation process is studied from the translator’s point of view. The translator is considered as an individual, i.e. as a creative being, and the process proper is thus seen as a typically human one. Translation strategies have been described in various ways within the framework of translation studies (TS). Transfer as such has very often been studied by linguistic analysis, but this is not sufficient to characterize the process itself. Other kinds of information are needed, which we can best obtain by interviewing translators. The interview method has not been widely used in TS, but it can provide very useful material on the creative nature of the translation process.

Keywords: Traducción ; Conceptos teóricos ; Traducción especializada ; Traducción literaria
Pages: 234-243
Volume: 44
Year: 1998
Issue: 3

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