Munday, J orcid.org/0000-0001-9870-3668 and Vasserman, E (2022) The name and nature of translation studies: A reappraisal. Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts, 8 (2). pp. 101-113. ISSN 2352-1805
Abstract
James Stratton Holmes (Iowa, 1924 – Amsterdam, 1986) is known as both a major translator/editor of poetry from Dutch (Brems and McMartin 2020, 2021) and as a teacher and researcher of translation, whose professional career was centred in the Netherlands at the University of Amsterdam. He has had a long-lasting influence on the development of the field of translation as an academic subject with his landmark essay “The Name and Nature of Translation Studies”. First presented at a 1972 conference in Copenhagen, it is “generally regarded as the founding statement of the discipline” (Gentzler 2001, 93). Yet, fifty years on, how valid is that essay in today’s context? We present a review and reappraisal of the essay in the context of Holmes’ academic work as a whole and we raise a few questions about the future and history of the discipline.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © John Benjamins Publishing Company. This is an author produced version of an article published in Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | James S. Holmes; the name and nature of translation studies; theory of translation; Translation Studies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2022 16:41 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1075/ttmc.00089.mun |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193893 |