Six French and English Translations of Don Quixote Compared : a Study in the History of Translation Theory.

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Luteran, Paula

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TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (128 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780773430037
0773430032

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863.3

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PQ6334

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SIX FRENCH AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF DON QUIXOTE COMPARED: A Study in the History of Translation Theory; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- Proposed Methodology: Adaptation of a System of Trajectional Analysis; Chapter One -- The Translation of Thomas Shelton (1612); Chapter Two -- The Translation of Cesar Oudin (1614-1618); Chapter Three -- The Translation of Francois Filleau de Saint-Martin (1677-1678); Chapter Four -- The Translation of Peter Motteux (1700-1703); Chapter Five -- The Translation of Louis Viardot (1836).

Chapter Six -- The Translation of John Ormsby (1885)Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This study addresses some of the practical problems encountered in translating a literary work, whether within the same historical time frame or centuries later. Cervantes? masterpiece is carefully compared to translations in French by Cësar Oudin, Francois Filleau de Saint-Martin and Louis Viardot and in English by Thomas Shelton, Peter Motteux and John Ormsby.

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Chapter Six -- The Translation of John Ormsby (1885)Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

This study addresses some of the practical problems encountered in translating a literary work, whether within the same historical time frame or centuries later. Cervantes? masterpiece is carefully compared to translations in French by Cësar Oudin, Francois Filleau de Saint-Martin and Louis Viardot and in English by Thomas Shelton, Peter Motteux and John Ormsby.