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

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

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