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

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

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