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

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