Memes of Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory

by Andrew Chesterman

Memes of Translation is a search for coherence in translation theory based on the notion of Memes: ideas that spread, develop and replicate, like genes. The author explores a wide range of ideas on translation, mapping the "meme pool" of translation theory with chapters on translation history, norms, strategies, assessment, ethics, and translator training. The aim of the book is to search for a perspective from which the immense variety of ideas about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588110125
• ISBN13: 9781588110121
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 219 Pages