Siting Translator: Perspectives, Issues and Possibilities
Keywords:
SLT (Source Language Text), TLT (Target Language Text), messenger, interpreter, source modifier, invisible entityAbstract
The attempt of this paper is to project a conceptual development of translation theory over a period of time. The point of discussion is that the translation process throws open diverse prospects for a translator and it is up to the translator to choose from the options available. The domain of discussion is definitely limited, but the possibilities of interpretation are infinite. A translator can be a messenger or a carrier, an interpreter, an intruder or a source modifier, or he/she can be an invisible entity. The author proposes to say that the placement of the translator, into the various possible realms of translation process, problematizes the dynamics of SL and TL texts relations in the discourse of Translation Studies.
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