introduction
A case for Descriptive Translation Studies xi
A remark on the new edition xiii
part one
The pivotal position of Descriptive Studies and dts 1
1. Holmes’ ‘map’ of the discipline 3
2. The organization of dts 5
3. Between dts and Translation Theory 9
4. Between Translation Studies and its applied extensions 11
part two
A rationale for Descriptive Translation Studies 15
chapter 1
Translations as facts of a ‘target’ culture:
An assumption and its methodological implications 17
1. Approaching translation within a target-oriented framework 17
2. Translations as cultural facts 20
3. In need of proper contextualization 23
4. The notion of ‘assumed translation’ 26
5. The contents of the notion of ‘assumed translation’ 28
6. Discovery vs. justification procedures 31
chapter 2
The notion of ‘problem’ in Translation Studies 35
1. ‘Problem’ and its terminological status 35
2. The three terminological uses of ‘problem’ 38
problem1 38
problem2 42
problem3 43
excursus a
Pseudotranslations and their significance 47
1. Some uses of pseudotranslating 48
2. Pseudotranslations and Translation Studies 52
3. The enlightening case of Papa Hamlet 55
chapter 3
Being a norm-governed activity 61
1. Pairing ‘translation’ and ‘norms’ 61
2. From social agreements to norms 62
2.1 Agreements, conventions and behavioural routines 62
2.2 Conventions, norms and strategies 63
2.3 Regularities of behaviour and norms 64
2.4 Gradation and relativity 65
3. Translation and norms 67
3.1 Acts and events 67
3.2 The ‘value’ behind translation 69
3.3 Uniquely translational norms? 71
3.4 Where are translational norms negotiated? 75
3.5 Alternative and competing norms 76
chapter 4
Studying translational norms 79
1. The initial norm in translation 79
2. Translational norms: an overview 81
3. The multiplicity of translational norms 86
4. Extracting translational norms 87
chapter 5
Constituting a method for Descriptive Studies 93
1. Assumed translations and their acceptability 93
2. Levels of comparative study 95
3. Coming up with the appropriate source text 99
4. (Observed) solutions and (reconstructed) problems 102
5. Prospective vs. retrospective stances exemplified by metaphor 107
6. Uncovering the underlying concept of translation 110
chapter 6
The coupled pair of replacing + replaced segments 115
1. The need for a unit of comparative analysis 116
2. An exemplary analysis of a pair of texts 117
3. Justifying the use of the coupled pair 124
4. Testing the coupling hypothesis in real time 127
chapter 7
An exemplary ‘study in Descriptive Studies’:
Conjoint phrases as translational replacements 131
1. The phrases’ significance assured 132
2. The use of binomials in translations 134
3. Shifts, relationships, first-level generalizations 136
4. Second-level generalizations and further research prospects 140
5. Applying research findings in actual translation 141
part three
Translation-in-context: An assortment of case studies 143
chapter 8
Between ‘Golden Poems’ and Shakespearean sonnets 145
1. Prior to 1916: a meaningful void 145
2. 1916–1923: modified ‘Golden Poems’ 147
3. 1929: an alternative point of departure 153
4. 1941 onwards: leaving the Golden Poem behind 155
5. A mixed picture again 157
6. One step backwards and two steps forward 158
7. A glimpse into the future 160
chapter 9
A lesson from indirect translation 161
1. Mediated translations as an object for study 161
2. The ‘German’ period in Hebrew literature 162
2.1 The concept of translation 163
2.2 The symptomatic status of indirect translation 165
2.3 German culture as a supplier 167
2.4 Translating English texts via German 168
3. Moving into the Revival Period 172
3.1 The ‘Russification’ of Hebrew literature 172
3.2 The relative positions of German and English 173
3.3 The Russified model and translation from other languages 175
4. The Anglicization of Hebrew literature 176
chapter 10
Literary organization and translation strategies:
A text is sifted through a mediating model 179
1. Added rhymes and verbal formulation 181
2. Adding an epic situation and tightening the structure 183
3. What was so wrong with the original model? 185
4. A mediating model and its justification 187
5. External source vs. internal legitimation 189
6. Enhancing the translation’s acceptability 191
7. Was there any alternative? 195
8. Appendix: “Das Schlaraffenland” and “Gan-Eden ha-taxton” 195
excursus b
‘Translation of literary texts’ vs. ‘literary translation’ 197
1. Two senses of ‘literary translation’ 199
2. ‘Linguistic’, ‘textual’ and ‘literary’ modes of translation 201
3. ‘Literary translation’ and target-orientedness 203
4. The gap between the two senses of ‘literary translation’ as a function
of cultural distance 206
5. Appendix: 27 English translations of the “Crow” haiku 210
chapter 11
Studying interim solutions: Possibilities and implications 213
1. Trying to close in on the ‘little black box’ 214
2. Tracing the emergence of a translation 218
3. Possible implications for Translation Theory 225
chapter 12
A translation comes into being: Hamlet’s monologue in Hebrew 227
1. The materials under study 227
2. Prosodic constraints and the unit of consideration 230
3. Using revisions to uncover constraints 234
4. Conclusions and implications 237
chapter 13
Translation-specific lexical items and their lexicographical treatment 241
1. Translation specificity 242
2. Translation-specific lexical items 243
3. Translation-specific lexemes as candidates for the dictionary 248
4. The ‘meaning’ of translation-specific items 249
5. Submitting translations to lexical study 251
6. Towards exemplary dictionary entries 254
chapter 14
Experimentation in Translation Studies:
Achievements, prospects and some pitfalls 257
1. Empirical sciences and empirical methods 258
2. Product-oriented empirical studies 259
2.1 Cloze tests 259
2.2 The use of questionnaires 263
3. Process-oriented empirical studies 268
3.1 Think-Aloud Protocols 269
4. Concluding remarks 274
excursus c
A bilingual speaker becomes a translator:
A sketch of a developmental model 277
1. Nature vs. nurture in the making of translators 277
2. An innateness hypothesis is not enough 281
3. The making of a ‘native’ translator 284
4. How is a developmental model to be validated? 289
5. Possible implications for translator training 291
part four
Beyond Descriptive Studies:
Towards some laws of translational behaviour 295
1. Non-lawlike generalizations 295
1.1 Lists of possibilities do not constitute laws 296
1.2 Directives are not laws either 297
2. The probabilistic nature of translational laws 300
3. On the way to two exemplary laws 303
3.1 The law of growing standardization 303
3.2 First steps towards a law of interference 310
References 317
Name index 337
Subject index 339
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