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

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 it, en

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