The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation

by Lawrence Venuti

Book Overview

Since publication over twenty years ago, The Translator's Invisibility has provoked debate and controversy within the field of translation and become a classic text. Providing a fascinating account of the history of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day, Venuti shows how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English and investigates the cultural consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113829828X
• ISBN13: 9781138298286
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"