The True Interpreter: A History of Translation Theory and Practice in the West

Language ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Henrik Birnbaum ◽  
Louis G. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
The West ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Translation

The Soviet Approach to the Right of Peoples to Self-determination: Russia’s Farewell to jus publicum europaeum

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Mälksoo
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The West ◽  
The Real ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of International Law ◽  
The Right

The aim of this article is to explore the theory and practice of the Soviet position on the right of peoples to self-determination in 1917 and afterwards. It is a misunderstanding to mention Lenin’s (the Bolsheviks’) and Wilson’s concepts of self-determination in one breath, as ‘precursors’ in international law. The Soviet concept of the right of peoples to self-determination was adopted for tactical and propagandistic purposes, and it had little in common with the liberal democratic concept of this right that saw the right of peoples to self-determination as an end in itself. The real contribution of the Russian Bolsheviks to the history of international law has, to some extent, been overlooked. Throughout the 20th century, the West and the ussr had different regional standards and usages of the right of peoples to self-determination, thus presenting a continuous challenge to the idea of the universality of international law.

William Thompson, bankruptcy and the west Cork estate, 1808–34

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (153) ◽  
pp. 24-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fintan Lane
Keyword(s):  
Karl Marx ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The West ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Democratic Socialism ◽  
Socialist Economic ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Philosopher ◽  
Original Thinker

Historians of socialist thought have rated the Irish political philosopher and radical economist William Thompson (1778–1833) as the most influential theorist to emerge from the Owenite movement in early nineteenth-century Britain. Indeed, Gregory Claeys has judged him to be that movement's ‘most analytical and original thinker ... and a writer whose subsequent influence upon the history of socialist economic thought has been long established’. Furthermore, stressing Thompson's democratic values, Claeys insists that the Irishman ‘may rightfully be considered the founder of a more traditionally republican form of British democratic socialism’. While Robert Owen is remembered for his ambitious co-operative experiments, he was not a theoretical or deeply reflective writer and his intellectual legacy was minimal. The Corkborn Thompson, on the other hand, wrote assiduously on the theory and practice of early socialism, reputedly influenced Karl Marx and became a key figure in the history of feminism; nonetheless, our knowledge of this important Irish intellectual remains deficient.

The Nineteenth-Century Missionary-Translator: Reflecting on Translation Theory through the Work of François Coillard (1834–1904)

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 376-388
Author(s):  
Esther Ruth Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
History Of Christianity ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Translation ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Rich History

In the discussion of the history of Christianity, the issue of translation is inevitably present, and yet the discipline of Translation Studies too often neglects the potential for insight that this rich history of translation can bring. This article seeks to reconcile these academic fields, allowing each to enlighten the other. In particular, by presenting the example of the nineteenth-century French Protestant missionary François Coillard (1834–1904) and his translation methods, the article posits colonial missionary narratives as useful not only for considering historical translation processes but also for reconsidering some of the assumptions of contemporary translation theory. By employing sources written by Coillard as well as those written about this ‘Livingstone français’, it challenges the assumptions prevalent in translation theory that the translator is invisible and that he works alone.

scholarly journals Poems: From Translating to Rewriting

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 929
Author(s):  
Ping Lin
Keyword(s):  
Poetic Language ◽  
The West ◽  
Original Intention ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Translation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Death Of The Author

The presupposition of meaning determines that the history of translation in China and the West is actually a history of transformation of meaning. Under the impact of deconstructionism and postmodernism, however, meaning changes from fixed to indeterminate, and the author and his subjectivity as the incarnation of reason and humanism are no longer deemed as valid. The “death of the author” fundamentally deconstructs the “inspiration theory” of the origin of poetry. With the questioning of the author's original intention and the inherent characteristics of poetic language make the translation of poetry eventually lead to a path of rewriting.

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