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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
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