Este libro, fruto de un Proyecto de Investigación, es el resultado del trabajo de un grupo de profesores de Traducción de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Al desear encontrar el equilibrio entre docencia e investigación, el grupo se plantea una serie de preguntas y retos que los ayudan a reflexionar sobre qué hacen y cómo pueden mejorar, para llevar a cabo una pedagogía activa basada en la traducción práctica y el entendimiento empírico. En el primer capítulo se analiza la enseñanza de la traducción, señalando algunas deficiencias y la necesidad de nuevos objetivos y modelos en la formación de traductores. El segundo capítulo se centra en las teorías contemporáneas traductológicas, pues tal y como se recoge en cualquier principio pedagógico, práctica y teoría deben estar integradas. En el tercer capítulo se propone un modelo didáctico que el grupo aplica en el proceso de producción de textos. La segunda parte del libro se centra en la práctica de la traducción y se ofrecen una serie de textos generales y semi-especializados en versión original en inglés y una de las posibles variantes de la traducción al español. La intención del libro es servir de guía de estudio a los alumnos de los primeros años de traducción, sin olvidar a los autodidactas que deseen adentrarse en este campo. Si se logra despertar el interés de los lectores y que acudan luego a obras más especializadas, se habrá cumplido el propósito inicial.

Este manual introduce al lector a la actividad de la traducción de inglés a español y viceversa, adoptando un punto de vista práctico y siguiendo los estándares profesionales actuales. Introducción a la traducción examina una gran variedad de temas enfocados en resolver los problemas de traducción que se suelen encontrar en los textos, por ejemplo, en relación a los elementos culturales, los aspectos connotativos, la variación lingüística, la traducción subordinada y la traducción especializada. Para ello, se exploran detenidamente, y con multitud de ejemplos prácticos, las técnicas, estrategias y herramientas disponibles durante la actividad traductora. La página web que acompaña a este manual incluye además información lingüística contrastiva entre el inglés y el español para evitar problemas de transferencia negativa entre ambos idiomas. Introducción a la traducción aumentará la competencia traductora de los lectores de una manera sistemática, coherente y contextualizada, ofreciendo oportunidades de práctica a través de un gran número de actividades y textos para traducir. This manual introduces readers to the activity of Spanish-English/English-Spanish translation while adopting a practical perspective aligned with current professional standards. Introducción a la traducción examines a wide variety of topics that focus on resolving common problems that tend to arise throughout the process of translating different kinds of texts. For example, this book explores translation issues with respect to cultural elements, connotative meaning, linguistic variations, constrained translation and specialized translation. It offers a multitude of practical examples and a thorough consideration of the techniques, strategies and tools available to translators. Among other resources, the companion website includes contrastive linguistic analysis of English and Spanish to help avoid negative transfer issues between both languages. Introducción a la traducción will improve the reader’s competence as a translator in a systematic, coherent and contextualized way, providing abundant opportunities to practice translation skills through ample hands-on activities and a wide variety of texts to translate.

The aim of this work is to share information on two very interesting, yet debatable issues within the field of Translation Studies, namely gender and translation, in an attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Given the important relationship between translation and gender since the beginning of the theoretical debate in Feminist Translation Studies, the aim of this edited volume is to determine and analyse how this relationship has been approached in different countries, not only in Europe, but also worldwide. Feminist translation is undoubtedly a very interesting and widespread phenomenon, which includes and combines questions of language, culture, gender, identity and sexual equality. Feminist Translation Studies has established itself as a solid field of research and practice in many countries and its purpose is to reverse the subordinate role of both women and translators in society by challenging and fighting against what is perceived as patriarchal language. There are still numerous issues that can be taken into account when focusing on translation and gender, and this volume intends to be part of a wider discussion on Translation Studies. The volume intends to outline how scholars in various contexts have approached the question of gender and translation, the use/misuse of the term ‘feminist translation’, the problematic issue of bridging the gap between theory and practice, and to open a new discussion on this field of research, which we believe is still a very interesting one to exploit.

Written by leading experts in the area, The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Translation Studies brings together original contributions representing a culmination of the extensive research to-date within the field of Spanish Translation Studies. The Handbook covers a variety of translation related issues, both theoretical and practical, providing an overview of the field and establishing directions for future research. It starts by looking at the history of translation in Spain, the Americas during the colonial period and Latin America, and then moves on to discuss well-established areas of research such as literary translation and audiovisual translation, at which Spanish researchers have excelled. It also provides state-of-the-art information on new topics such as the interface between translation and humour on the one hand, and the translation of comics on the other. This Handbook is an indispensable resource for postgraduate students and researchers of translation studies.

This terminology collection presents approximately 200 concepts that can be considered the basic vocabulary for the practical teaching of translation. Four languages are included: French, English, Spanish and German. Nearly twenty translation teachers and terminologists from universities in eight countries (Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela) defined the concepts and presented them in pedagogical form, with notes and examples. The terms describe specific language acts, the cognitive aspects involved in the translation process, the procedures involved in transfer from one language to another, and the results of these operations. All of the terms in each section of the book are cross-referenced. A dozen tables help the reader understand the relationships between the concepts, and a bibliography completes each section. This vocabulary is designed to be a useful tool and contribution to the general quality of translator training.

Revised version. These essays study the grand paradox of similarity and difference from four different methodological standpoints: rhetoric, epistemology, semiotics, and culture. Paperback. 6 x 9 in. 542 pages