Malcolm Williams

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Translation Quality Assessment: An Argumentation-Centred ApproachPaperback, 31 July 2004

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Part of Series
Perspectives on Translation
Print Length
210 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Date Published
31 Jul 2004
ISBN-10
0776605844
ISBN-13
9780776605845

Description

Outlining an original, discourse-based model for translation quality assessment that goes beyond conventional microtextual error analysis, Malcolm Williams explores the potential of transferring reasoning and argument as the prime criterion of translation quality. Assessment through error analysis is inevitably based on an error count - an unsatisfactory means of establishing, and justifying, differences in quality that forces the evaluator to focus on subsentence elements rather than the key messages of the source text. Williams counters that a judgment of translation quality should be based primarily on the success with which the translator has rendered the reasoning, or argument structure. Six aspects for assessment are proposed: argument macrostructure, propositional functions, conjunctives, types of arguments, figures of speech, and narrative strategy. Williams illustrates the approach using three different types of examples: letters, statistical reports, and argumentative articles for publication. Translation Quality Assessment offers translators a new set of flexible and modular standards.

Product Details

Author:
Malcolm Williams
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 July 2004
Dimensions:
22.81 x 16.1 x 1.32 cm
ISBN-10:
0776605844
ISBN-13:
9780776605845
Language:
English
Location:
Ottawa
Pages:
210
Weight:
340.19 gm

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