Fachübersetzung / LSP Translation
The Journal of Specialised Translation, 2017
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STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI. PHILOLOGIA, 2017
«(Un-)translatability». Translation theories in Italy: a «special way»? In Italy, modern theories... more «(Un-)translatability». Translation theories in Italy: a «special way»? In Italy, modern theories of translation have developed lately, and occasionally reference has been made to a «special way» of Italian translation culture. From an overview about the tendencies since about 1960, it results that most studies and theoretical reflections in Italy are on literary translation and many scholars refuse the idea that a translation theory should exist. Research, however, early on succeeded in overturning the traditional idealistic prejudice of «untranslatability», developing an aesthetic approach that puts the accent on translation as part of a reception process of the literary text. During the last decades, the discussion about translation has caught up with tendencies in other macro cultures, being increasingly influenced by linguistics and mostly semiotics. Today, reflection on translation in Italy is multi-faceted, but continues to be characterized by specific focuses and interests.
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Negli ultimi decenni gli studi sulla traduzione tecnica hanno prestato sempre maggiore attenzione... more Negli ultimi decenni gli studi sulla traduzione tecnica hanno prestato sempre maggiore attenzione
al contesto dell’attività traduttiva, tentando di sviluppare metodi di ricerca che
considerino gli aspetti culturali, testuali, funzionali, processuali e informatici. Sta emergendo
così un quadro più veritiero e aggiornato che tiene conto della suddivisione del lavoro in
varie fasi e della frequente collaborazione di più persone, nonché del coinvolgimento di committenti
e agenzie di traduzione. La questione della qualità traduttiva è trattata soprattutto
dai filoni di ricerca pragmatico-funzionali che mettono in evidenza le esigenze del destinatario
e la necessità dell’adeguamento del testo alle usanze della cultura di arrivo, aprendo il tal
modo la strada a studi specifici sui vari tipi di testo tecnico. Emblematico appare il caso dei
manuali d’istruzione per l’uso, le cui caratteristiche per alcune macroculture importanti sono
state definite in maniera sistematica, offrendo un panorama utile a chi esegue le traduzioni.
Gli studi su manuali tradotti e l’analisi di alcuni sistemi di controllo della qualità diffusi
in ambito professionale dimostrano però una propensione limitata a sfruttare nella prassi i
risultati delle ricerche sulla traduzione, anche a causa di una mancata attenzione agli aspetti
culturali. Il divario tra teoria e pratica, conseguenza di fattori strutturali e organizzativi,
potrebbe essere ridotto se la ricerca contribuisse allo sviluppo di sistemi di documentazione
tecnica e di controllo della qualità traduttiva basati su criteri validi.
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The contribution deals with typical problems in translating specialised texts belonging to Classi... more The contribution deals with typical problems in translating specialised texts belonging to Classical
Archaeology, an example of a ‘humanistic’ science with a traditionally multilingual and multicultural
character. As has been pointed out in previous studies on translation in humanities, difficulties are
expected to depend on specific features, such as a marked influence of culture-bound text type
conventions and a wide range of possible stylistic choices which allow to use a more personal style than in
‘exact’ sciences.
The aim of the research, based on a corpus of Italian translations of German texts, is discussing the
possible methodology for investigating about the various factors which may influence the translation
process and its result(s), such as the choice of the strategy, the translator’s knowledge about text type
conventions in academic writing and about the specific field. Two case studies point out that the
application of a target-culture oriented translation technique risks altering the scientific and/or cultural
position of the source text. The specific collocation of the source text in the scientific communication
process sometimes calls for a visible contextualisation even in translation.
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This paper presents a corpus-based study, the aim of which is to define translation-relevant, cul... more This paper presents a corpus-based study, the aim of which is to define translation-relevant, culture-bound features of Italian technical manuals and their impact on translation decisions. Italian texts are found to be distinguished by a ‘high’, somewhat ‘scientific’ register which in turn is characterised by markedly explicit formulations. Distance between writer and reader is underlined by certain linguistic markers and bureaucratic expressions. The specific stylistic and pragmatic features of the source texts may cause difficulties to translators, if they fail to take into account the different text-type-bound conventions in source and target culture. The quality of the German translations in our corpus appears at times to be compromised by cases of intercultural interference which could be avoided, if translators were trained better. The paper includes a series of examples, comparing adequate and inadequate translation solutions.
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Diskutiert werden Qualitätsprobleme bei der Übersetzung von Bedienungsanleitungen aus dem Italien... more Diskutiert werden Qualitätsprobleme bei der Übersetzung von Bedienungsanleitungen aus dem Italienischen ins Deutsche. Angewandt werden sowohl quantitative als auch qualitative Methoden zur Qualitätsüberprüfung im Sinne einer textsortengerechten und kulturadäquaten Übersetzun. Als Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass pragmatische Kulturdifferenzen, die u.a. bei sprachlich-stilistischen Einzelheiten wie der Formulierung von Texttiteln und in der Leseransprache zum Ausdruck kommen, von den Übersetzern nicht durchgängig kulturell angepasst werden.
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Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik. Wege der Germanistik in transkultureller Perspektive. Akten des XIV. Kongresses der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG) (Bd. 10). Hrsg. v. Laura Auteri, Natascia Barrale, Arianna Di Bella, Sabine Hoffmann, 2022
In der Diskussion über die Stellung des Deutschen als Wissenschaftssprache wird häufig auf die Be... more In der Diskussion über die Stellung des Deutschen als Wissenschaftssprache wird häufig auf die Bedeutung der so genannten „Nischenfächer“ hingewiesen, in denen es nach wie vor üblich ist, relevante Forschungsergebnisse in deutscher Sprache zu veröffentlichen. Bei
einer eingehenden Untersuchung der Sprachsituation in einem beispielhaften „Nischenfach“, der Klassischen Archäologie, die sich auf bibliographische Untersuchungen sowie auf eine Reihe von Umfragen bei Fachvertretern in verschiedenen Ländern stützen kann, zeigt sich, dass eine mehrsprachige Praxis in diesem Fach international verwurzelt ist, wobei traditionell eine Reihe von europäischen Sprachen verwendet wird. Gleichzeitig ist aber auch eine Dynamik zu erkennen, bei der einerseits das Englische, andererseits „kleinere“ Sprachen insbesondere die der „Fundländer“ an Bedeutung gewinnen bzw. stärker wahrgenommen werden. Was das Deutsche und dessen weitere Entwicklung betrifft, so wird dieses von deutschsprachigen Wissenschaftlern nach wie vor als Publikationssprache bevorzugt und überwiegend auch für die Zukunft als konkurrenzfähig angesehen, wobei aber auch Anzeichen für einen verstärkten Druck in Richtung auf das Englische zu erkennen sind.
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Im deutschsprachigen Raum ist seit Längerem das Bewusstsein dafür verbreitet, dass Wissenschaftsk... more Im deutschsprachigen Raum ist seit Längerem das Bewusstsein dafür verbreitet, dass Wissenschaftskommunikation in Geisteswissenschaften in verschiedenen Sprachen erfolgen sollte und es eine Reihe von geisteswissenschaftlichen Fächern gibt, in denen das Deutsche als Wissenschaftssprache noch eine mehr oder minder starke Stellung hat. Aus neueren Forschungen ergeben sich Hinweise darauf, dass der mehrsprachige Charakter mancher traditionell ausgerichteter ‚Nischenfächer' für das Deutsche als Wissenschaftssprache sich in den letzten Jahren nicht nur als widerstandsfähig erwiesen, sondern trotz des äußeren Drucks, der einen Übergang zum Englischen favorisiert, sogar eine gewisse Dynamik entwickelt hat. Bibliografische Untersuchungen und Umfragen bei deutschsprachigen und ita-lienischen Fachexperten haben etwa für die Klassische Archäologie zeigen können, dass dort neben dem Englischen vor allem Deutsch, Italienisch und Französisch (seltener auch Neugriechisch und Spanisch) für Publikationen Verwendung finden und ein Übergang zur Einsprachigkeit von den Forschern selbst nicht gewünscht wird. Gleichzeitig legen viele der Befragten aber auch ein gewisses Unbehagen an den Tag, da sie für die fernere (z.T. auch nähere) Zukunft eine Verschiebung in Richtung auf das Englische hin befürchten und die Rezeptionsmöglichkeiten von nicht englischsprachiger Fachliteratur bereits heute für eingeschränkt halten. Aus einer Umfrage bei US-amerikanischen Klassischen Archäologen lässt sich jedoch entnehmen, dass diese sich des multilingualen Charakters ihrer Wissenschaft bewusst sind und die positive Haltung der europäischen Kollegen gegenüber der Mehrsprachigkeit teilen. Insbesondere bemühen sie sich trotz zurückgehender Sprachkenntnisse bei den Studenten und einer fremdsprachenfeindlichen Anschaffungspolitik vieler Forschungsbibliotheken weiterhin um eine adäquate Berücksichtigung der fremdsprachigen Fachliteratur.
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This article aims at analyzing the linguistic situation and its future in Classical Archaeology a... more This article aims at analyzing the linguistic situation and its future in Classical Archaeology as a
typical model for a humanistic science, characterized by the use of several European languages
for scientific communication, especially German and Italian. As shown by specific bibliographies
in archaeology, within publications in this field, a multilinguistic tradition survives. A survey was
conducted by sending a questionnaire to German and Italian archaeologists, which demonstrates that this group of language users are in favour of keeping communication multilinguistic,
but are worried about the prospect of articles in languages other than English being disregarded
by the scientific community. Regarding the future of multilingualism in academia and the role of
their own mother language, a range of slightly problematic views are voiced by German archaeologists, wheras most Italians paint a more pessimistic picture of the future. To rectify this
state of affairs, linguistic policy may be focused on allaying fears about publishing in languages
other than English and on maintaining a specific organisation of academic communication in
humanties
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L'archeologica classica è una delle poche discipline umanistiche in cui per la comunicazione spec... more L'archeologica classica è una delle poche discipline umanistiche in cui per la comunicazione specialistica vengono usate varie lingue europee, soprattutto inglese, tedesco, italiano e francese. Ricerche precedenti hanno dimostrato che gli archeologi non-anglofoni hanno un certo disagio di fronte all'impatto ridotto delle loro pubblicazioni se redatte in lingue diverse dall'inglese. Questo studio mira ad analizzare gli atteggiamenti degli archeologi statunitensi nei confronti del multilinguismo e della ricezione di pubblicazioni non inglesi. Si è eseguito un sondaggio presso archeologi in università americane, dal quale risulta la loro convinzione che la comunicazione scientifica all'interno della disciplina deve rimanere multilinguistica, un'idea simile a quelle espresse dai loro colleghi europei. Per quanto riguarda la ricezione della bibliografia non-inglese, le barriere linguistiche nell'insegnamento e nella ricerca appaiono comunque sempre maggiori, a causa delle politiche linguistiche e bibliotecarie negli USA.
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La crescente diffusione dell'inglese che interessa tutti gli ambiti della vita e in particola... more La crescente diffusione dell'inglese che interessa tutti gli ambiti della vita e in particolare la comunicazione specialistica ha dato adito ad ampie discussioni sui vantaggi e svantaggi del monolinguismo e del plurilinguismo in ambito scientifico. Il dibattito si nutre di antiche ...
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Classical archaeology is one of the few humanities in which several European languages, above all... more Classical archaeology is one of the few humanities in which several European languages, above all English, German, French and Italian, are used for specialized communication, in particular for scholarly publications. From previous research, it appears that non-English speaking archaeologists tend to feel a certain discomfort at the lack of impact of publications written in languages other than English. This article aims to analyze the attitudes of US classical archaeologists towards multilingualism and reception of non-English research publications. A survey of US university archaeologists was conducted, which demonstrates that they are convinced that scholarly communication in the field must remain multilingual, thus showing an attitude similar to that of their European colleagues. As for reception of non-English archaeological literature, language barriers seem to be growing, both in teaching and research, due to current US language and library policies.
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Geschichte des Übersetzens/ History of Translation
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al contesto dell’attività traduttiva, tentando di sviluppare metodi di ricerca che
considerino gli aspetti culturali, testuali, funzionali, processuali e informatici. Sta emergendo
così un quadro più veritiero e aggiornato che tiene conto della suddivisione del lavoro in
varie fasi e della frequente collaborazione di più persone, nonché del coinvolgimento di committenti
e agenzie di traduzione. La questione della qualità traduttiva è trattata soprattutto
dai filoni di ricerca pragmatico-funzionali che mettono in evidenza le esigenze del destinatario
e la necessità dell’adeguamento del testo alle usanze della cultura di arrivo, aprendo il tal
modo la strada a studi specifici sui vari tipi di testo tecnico. Emblematico appare il caso dei
manuali d’istruzione per l’uso, le cui caratteristiche per alcune macroculture importanti sono
state definite in maniera sistematica, offrendo un panorama utile a chi esegue le traduzioni.
Gli studi su manuali tradotti e l’analisi di alcuni sistemi di controllo della qualità diffusi
in ambito professionale dimostrano però una propensione limitata a sfruttare nella prassi i
risultati delle ricerche sulla traduzione, anche a causa di una mancata attenzione agli aspetti
culturali. Il divario tra teoria e pratica, conseguenza di fattori strutturali e organizzativi,
potrebbe essere ridotto se la ricerca contribuisse allo sviluppo di sistemi di documentazione
tecnica e di controllo della qualità traduttiva basati su criteri validi.
Archaeology, an example of a ‘humanistic’ science with a traditionally multilingual and multicultural
character. As has been pointed out in previous studies on translation in humanities, difficulties are
expected to depend on specific features, such as a marked influence of culture-bound text type
conventions and a wide range of possible stylistic choices which allow to use a more personal style than in
‘exact’ sciences.
The aim of the research, based on a corpus of Italian translations of German texts, is discussing the
possible methodology for investigating about the various factors which may influence the translation
process and its result(s), such as the choice of the strategy, the translator’s knowledge about text type
conventions in academic writing and about the specific field. Two case studies point out that the
application of a target-culture oriented translation technique risks altering the scientific and/or cultural
position of the source text. The specific collocation of the source text in the scientific communication
process sometimes calls for a visible contextualisation even in translation.
einer eingehenden Untersuchung der Sprachsituation in einem beispielhaften „Nischenfach“, der Klassischen Archäologie, die sich auf bibliographische Untersuchungen sowie auf eine Reihe von Umfragen bei Fachvertretern in verschiedenen Ländern stützen kann, zeigt sich, dass eine mehrsprachige Praxis in diesem Fach international verwurzelt ist, wobei traditionell eine Reihe von europäischen Sprachen verwendet wird. Gleichzeitig ist aber auch eine Dynamik zu erkennen, bei der einerseits das Englische, andererseits „kleinere“ Sprachen insbesondere die der „Fundländer“ an Bedeutung gewinnen bzw. stärker wahrgenommen werden. Was das Deutsche und dessen weitere Entwicklung betrifft, so wird dieses von deutschsprachigen Wissenschaftlern nach wie vor als Publikationssprache bevorzugt und überwiegend auch für die Zukunft als konkurrenzfähig angesehen, wobei aber auch Anzeichen für einen verstärkten Druck in Richtung auf das Englische zu erkennen sind.
typical model for a humanistic science, characterized by the use of several European languages
for scientific communication, especially German and Italian. As shown by specific bibliographies
in archaeology, within publications in this field, a multilinguistic tradition survives. A survey was
conducted by sending a questionnaire to German and Italian archaeologists, which demonstrates that this group of language users are in favour of keeping communication multilinguistic,
but are worried about the prospect of articles in languages other than English being disregarded
by the scientific community. Regarding the future of multilingualism in academia and the role of
their own mother language, a range of slightly problematic views are voiced by German archaeologists, wheras most Italians paint a more pessimistic picture of the future. To rectify this
state of affairs, linguistic policy may be focused on allaying fears about publishing in languages
other than English and on maintaining a specific organisation of academic communication in
humanties
al contesto dell’attività traduttiva, tentando di sviluppare metodi di ricerca che
considerino gli aspetti culturali, testuali, funzionali, processuali e informatici. Sta emergendo
così un quadro più veritiero e aggiornato che tiene conto della suddivisione del lavoro in
varie fasi e della frequente collaborazione di più persone, nonché del coinvolgimento di committenti
e agenzie di traduzione. La questione della qualità traduttiva è trattata soprattutto
dai filoni di ricerca pragmatico-funzionali che mettono in evidenza le esigenze del destinatario
e la necessità dell’adeguamento del testo alle usanze della cultura di arrivo, aprendo il tal
modo la strada a studi specifici sui vari tipi di testo tecnico. Emblematico appare il caso dei
manuali d’istruzione per l’uso, le cui caratteristiche per alcune macroculture importanti sono
state definite in maniera sistematica, offrendo un panorama utile a chi esegue le traduzioni.
Gli studi su manuali tradotti e l’analisi di alcuni sistemi di controllo della qualità diffusi
in ambito professionale dimostrano però una propensione limitata a sfruttare nella prassi i
risultati delle ricerche sulla traduzione, anche a causa di una mancata attenzione agli aspetti
culturali. Il divario tra teoria e pratica, conseguenza di fattori strutturali e organizzativi,
potrebbe essere ridotto se la ricerca contribuisse allo sviluppo di sistemi di documentazione
tecnica e di controllo della qualità traduttiva basati su criteri validi.
Archaeology, an example of a ‘humanistic’ science with a traditionally multilingual and multicultural
character. As has been pointed out in previous studies on translation in humanities, difficulties are
expected to depend on specific features, such as a marked influence of culture-bound text type
conventions and a wide range of possible stylistic choices which allow to use a more personal style than in
‘exact’ sciences.
The aim of the research, based on a corpus of Italian translations of German texts, is discussing the
possible methodology for investigating about the various factors which may influence the translation
process and its result(s), such as the choice of the strategy, the translator’s knowledge about text type
conventions in academic writing and about the specific field. Two case studies point out that the
application of a target-culture oriented translation technique risks altering the scientific and/or cultural
position of the source text. The specific collocation of the source text in the scientific communication
process sometimes calls for a visible contextualisation even in translation.
einer eingehenden Untersuchung der Sprachsituation in einem beispielhaften „Nischenfach“, der Klassischen Archäologie, die sich auf bibliographische Untersuchungen sowie auf eine Reihe von Umfragen bei Fachvertretern in verschiedenen Ländern stützen kann, zeigt sich, dass eine mehrsprachige Praxis in diesem Fach international verwurzelt ist, wobei traditionell eine Reihe von europäischen Sprachen verwendet wird. Gleichzeitig ist aber auch eine Dynamik zu erkennen, bei der einerseits das Englische, andererseits „kleinere“ Sprachen insbesondere die der „Fundländer“ an Bedeutung gewinnen bzw. stärker wahrgenommen werden. Was das Deutsche und dessen weitere Entwicklung betrifft, so wird dieses von deutschsprachigen Wissenschaftlern nach wie vor als Publikationssprache bevorzugt und überwiegend auch für die Zukunft als konkurrenzfähig angesehen, wobei aber auch Anzeichen für einen verstärkten Druck in Richtung auf das Englische zu erkennen sind.
typical model for a humanistic science, characterized by the use of several European languages
for scientific communication, especially German and Italian. As shown by specific bibliographies
in archaeology, within publications in this field, a multilinguistic tradition survives. A survey was
conducted by sending a questionnaire to German and Italian archaeologists, which demonstrates that this group of language users are in favour of keeping communication multilinguistic,
but are worried about the prospect of articles in languages other than English being disregarded
by the scientific community. Regarding the future of multilingualism in academia and the role of
their own mother language, a range of slightly problematic views are voiced by German archaeologists, wheras most Italians paint a more pessimistic picture of the future. To rectify this
state of affairs, linguistic policy may be focused on allaying fears about publishing in languages
other than English and on maintaining a specific organisation of academic communication in
humanties