Systemic Functional Translation Studies

Bo Wang, Yuanyi Ma

ISBN 10: 1781798311 / ISBN 13: 9781781798317

Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd, GB, 2021

Beschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive account of Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS) - a research area that applies Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) to study translation, and to relate researches by scholars in the community of both SFL and translation studies. The important trends as well as contributions in SFTS will be summarised. Various topics in SFTS will be covered in the six chapters of this book, including the basic issues and concepts in SFTS; the relationship between SFTS, the cognate functional approaches, translation studies and translation practice; SFTS and different modes of meaning; registerial variation and SFTS; technologies and SFTS as well as a future outlook on SFTS. The objectives of this book include to provide a comprehensive introduction to SFTS; to relate SFTS to translation studies; to summarise the important contributions and limitations of SFTS; and to offer directions for future researches in SFTS, reflecting on what is currently missing from the SFL theory.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781781798317

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Systemic Functional Translation Studies
• Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1781798311
• ISBN-13: 9781781798317
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 313 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Systemic Functional Translation Studies, a research area that applies Systemic Functional Linguistics to study translation, and relates research by scholars in the communities of Systemic Functional Linguistics and translation studies. It summarises the important trends in, and major contributions to, Systemic Functional Translation Studies, as well as its limitations. 

The book covers various topics in Systemic Functional Translation Studies, including:

• Basic issues and concepts
• The relationship between Systemic Functional Translation Studies, cognate functional approaches, translation studies and translation practice
• Systemic Functional Translation Studies and different modes of meaning
• Registerial variation and Systemic Functional Translation Studies
• Technology and Systemic Functional Translation Studies

The book concludes with reflections on what is currently missing from Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, and offers a future outlook on Systemic Functional Translation Studies, suggesting new directions for future research in this area.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bo Wang received his doctoral degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include systemic functional linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis, and language description. He is co-author of Lao She's Teahouse and Its Two English Translations (Routledge), Translating Tagore's Stray Birds into Chinese (Routledge) and Systemic Functional Insights on Language and Linguistics (Springer). He is currently Associate Research Fellow from School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China.