Medieval and Modern Philologies

Translating: A Journey in Time

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Abstract

The translation of a text belonging to a culturally distant age is like a journey across time: relying on the guidance of a translator, the new readers can delve into the past and explore a world that otherwise would remain accessible only to a restricted number of experts. Through examples from medieval Germanic texts, the papers collected in this volume offer significant insights into the specific role played by philology in the field of ‘intertemporal translation’, thus casting light on the central function, especially in the current cultural situation, of a discipline that values the ability of ‘reading slowly’ and a respectful approach towards the datum.

Keywords Hwæt-hypotheses • Old English • Genre • Áns saga bogsveigis • Translation Theory • Courtly Ideology • Hermann of Thuringia • Intertemporal Translation • Translation • Rewriting • Soul-and-body literature • William Morris • Albrecht von Halberstadt • Old Norwegian • Legal translation • Ovid’s Metamorphoses • Kingship • Fornaldarsögur • Old Icelandic literature • Law • Medieval German Literature • R • Literal or figurative • The Wife’s Lament • Translation practice • Landslov • Tolkien • Editorial work • Medieval Sweden • Verba seniorum • Beowulf • Translation Studies • Theory and practice of translation • J • Anglo-Saxon England • John Porter • Transcodification • Ælfric of Eynsham • Exile • Aristocratic Identity • Old Norse • Old and Middle High German • Seamus Heaney • Chancey Brewster Tinker

Thema codes CFP • DSBB • CFN • 3KL

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-248-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-248-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-250-5 | Published May 24, 2018 | Language en, it

Subseries Serie occidentale e-ISSN 2610-9441 ISSN 2610-945X