When the translator becomes too visible: rewriting and tampering in the translation of the title of a book
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Vol 39 (2012), Notes
Submitted: 29-01-2013
Accepted: 29-01-2013
Abstract
The manipulation school has highlighted the concepts of rewriting and manipulation inthe field of translation. However, both notions have been mainly used for analyzing literary translation.This paper discusses a case-study having to do with the translation of a scientific book; more concretely, it aims at analyzing the rewriting and manipulation in the translation of the title of Mithen (2005), an archaeological reference. The point is made that the Spanish translation of the title dramatically distorts the original English title, and, beyond, the main theses the book argues for
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rewriting, manipulation, translation, archaeology
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