Tracks And Treks In Translation Studies: Selected Papers From The Est Congress, Leuven 2010 (benjamins Translation Library)

The Selected Papers from the 6th Congress Tracks and Treks in Translation Studies (TS) held at the University of Leuven, Belgium in 2010 congregated scholars and practitioners presenting their ideas and research in this thriving domain. This volume includes fifteen carefully selected articles which represent the diversity and breadth of the topics dealt with in Translation Studies today, increasingly bolstered by its interaction with other disciplines. At the same time it aims to provide a balance between process and product oriented research, and training and professional practice. The authors cover both Translating and Interpreting from a myriad of approaches, touching upon topics such as creativity, pleasant voice, paratext and translator intervention, project-based methodologies, revision, corpora, and individual translation styles, to name but a few. This volume will hopefully contribute to further fruitful interaction and cohesion which are essential to the international status of TS. This paper aims to show the most important tendencies of the first Portuguese version of the famous and wondrous adventures of the baron of Münchhausen. This is an untitled text which was published by José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa in Almocreve de Petas (1797-1800), at that time a well-known and very popular magazine. After concluding that the Portuguese adaptation is somehow due not to R.E. Raspe's but to G.A. Bürger's version, the author analyzes some representative changes introduced by Rodrigues da Costa, relating them to the specific production and reception conditions which exis Edited By Catherine Way, University Of Granada ; Sonia Vandepitte, University College Ghent ; Reine Meylaerts, Ku Leuven ; Magdalena Bartlomiejczyk, University Of Silesia. The Selected Papers From The 6th Congress Tracks And Treks In Translation Studies (ts) Held At The University Of Leuven, Belgium In 2010 Congregated Scholars And Practitioners Presenting Their Ideas And Research In This Thriving Domain. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Constitutes the selected papers from the 6th Congress Tracks and Treks in Translation Studies (TS) held at the University of Leuven, Belgium in 2010 that congregated scholars and practitioners who presented their ideas and research in this thriving domain.