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This volume collects the writings on translation by the prize-winning, literary translator Giovanni Pontiero, together with observations by some of the authors whose work he translated, editors of his translations, fellow translators and critics.

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Author:   Pilar Orero (Universidad Autónoma, Barcelone) ,  Juan C. Sager (UMIST, Manchester)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   24
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9789027216274

ISBN 10:   9027216274
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   30 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. 1. Essays by Giovani Ponteiro; 3. 2. Author's comments on the translator's work; 4. To write is to translate (by Saramago, Jose); 5. Giovanni Pontiero: A testimony (by Luft, Lya); 6. Giovanni's translation of Boca do Inferno (by Miranda, Ana); 7. 3. Editors' comments on collaboration with the translator; 8. My experience of editing Giovanni Pontiero's translations (by Waldman, Guido); 9. Discovering the word (by Marsack, Robyn); 10. The neutralisation of culture-specific concepts in the translation of Saramago's An Essay on Blindness(Ensaio sobre a Cegueira) (by Sager, Juan C.); 11. 4. Literary critics' & translators' comments on the translations; 12. The translator as arbiter (by Bush, Peter); 13. Jose Saramago and Giovanni Pontiero (by Costa, Margaret Jull); 14. Giovanni Pontiero's translation of Clarice Lispector's Discovering the World (A Descoberta do Mundo) (by Owen, Hilary); 15. Giovanni Pontiero's translation of Clarice Lispector's Family Ties (Lacos de Familia) (by Sabine, Mark); 16. Short fiction and the long future life of Giovanni Pontiero (by Zenith, Richard); 17. 5. Giovanni Ponteiro 1932-1996; 18. Biographical note (by Kinder, A. Gordon); 19. Patricia Bins talks to Giovanni Pontiero, 1985; 20. Giovanni Pontiero (by Winder, Robert); 21. Bibliography of Giovanni Pontiero's translations; 22. Coisas - things: a story by Jose Saramago, translated by Giovanni Ponteiro; 23. List of contributors; 24. References; 25. Index

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