ABSTRACT

Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory. The authors argue about the problem of the translator's identity, the history of the translator's role, the translator's visibility, translation types and strategies, translation quality, ethics and translation aids.

chapter |14 pages

Who am I? What am I doing?

chapter |18 pages

What's it all for?

chapter |23 pages

How do I get there?

chapter |28 pages

Is it any good?

chapter |25 pages

Help!

chapter |4 pages

Conclusions