Questions for Translation Studies
Robinson, Douglas (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
This is a book in the classical Quaestiones genre, like the Tusculanae Quaestiones (“Tusculan questions�) of Cicero (around 45 BCE) and the Quÿstiones disputatÿ de Veritate (“disputed questions on truth�) of St. Thomas Aquinas (1256-1259). It seeks to ask seven series of questions about key theoretical approaches to the study of translation: three on equivalence theories (semantic equivalence, dynamic equivalence, and deverbalization...