Anthony Pym. Method in Translation History

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1、NEWBOOKSATAGLANCE399AnthonyPym.MethodinTranslationHistory.Manchester:StJeromePublishing,1998.xiv+220pp.ISBN1-900650-12-6.£24.Historiansareconventionallypresentedasexpertsonthepast.Historyitself,however,showsusagainandagainthathistoriansarelistenedtonotsomuchforwhattheyhavetosayaboutthep

2、astastowhattheycantellusaboutthepresentandwhattheymighttellusaboutthefuture.ForAnthonyPym,presentcommentaryandfuturespeculation,arenotaberrationsbutessentialaspectsofthehistorian'scalling.OneofthefourgeneralprinciplesfortranslationhistoryenunciatedbyPymisthepriorityofthepresent,"Wedotra

3、nslationhistoryinordertoexpress,addressandtrytosolveproblemsaffectingourownsituation"(p.x).Thisdoesnotinvolveacrassprojectionofthepresentontothepast—thepastmustretainitscapacityforsurprise—butissimplyanacknowledgementthatthepointofdepartureforhistoricalanalysisisalwaysthehereandnowofthe

4、researcher.MethodinTranslationHistoryisadescriptionofthemethodologicalissuesthatanyresearcherintranslationhistorymustbearinmindastheyinvestigatethepracticeoftranslationthroughtime.Inadditiontoaconcernforpresent,theothergeneralprinciplesguidingtheapproachtotranslationhistoryadvo•catedbyP

5、ymareattentiontocausation(whytranslationsareproducedinthefirstplace),afocusonthehumantranslatorandtheforegroundingofinterculturalityasaconstitutivefeatureoftranslators'identities.Thebookwillbecomerequiredreadingforanyoneconsideringresearchintheareaoftranslationhistory.Methodologicalques

6、•tionsareclearlyoutlined,examplesaregivenfromtheauthor'sownresearchintranslationhistorytoillustratepointsmadeandjargonisstudiouslyavoidedthrough•out.Pym'spassionforhissubjectisinfectiousandMethodinTranslationHistoryisabookthatwillenthuseaswellasenlightenprospectiveresearchers.Theinteres

7、tofthebookisnotconfined,however,tothoseworkingintheareaoftranslationhistoryasthesomewhattechnicaltitleofthebookwouldsuggest.Inarguingfortheimportanceofthetranslatorashumansubjectinhistoricalresearch,Pymispartofagrowingnumberoftranslationscholars(Simeoni,Gentzler,vonFlotow,Robin