The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation (Translation Studies)
by Lawrence Venuti
Paperback: 353 pages
Publisher: Routledge (January, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN: 0415115388
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
Reviews
World Literature Today
"...Venuti tries to show how the theory and practice of translating literary works has been enacted throughout the centuries."
Book Description
The Translator's Invisibility traces the history of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day. It shows how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English, and investigates the cultural consequences of the domestic values which were simultaneously inscribed and masked in foreign texts during this period.
Lawrence Venuti examines alternative theories of translation which aim to communicate linguistic and cultural differences instead of eliding them. This book is an indispensable explanation of the way in which translation can be studied as a locus of difference.
