Doubts and directions in translation studies : selected contributions from the EST Congress, Lisbon 2004 / edited by Yves Gambier, Miriam Shlesinger and Radegundis Stolze.

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Doubts and Directions in Translation Studies; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. Theory; What is a unique item?; Five reasons why semiotics is good for Translation Studies; Translation studies and transfer studies: A plea for widening the scope of Translation Studies; Modelling translator's competence: Relevance and expertise under scrutiny; Part II. Methodology; Notes for a cartography of literary translation history in Portugal; Establishing an online bibliographic database for Canadian Literary Translation Studies.

Like previous collections based on congresses of the European Society of Translation Studies (EST), this volume presents the latest insights and findings in an ever-changing, ever-challenging domain. The twenty-six papers, carefully chosen from about 140 presented at the 4th EST Congress, offer a bird's eye view of the most pressing concerns and most exciting vistas in Translation Studies today. The editors' final choices reflect a focus on quality of approach, originality of topic, and clarity of presentation, and aim at capturing the most salient developments in the contemporary theory, meth.

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