English-Spanish Translation, through a Cross-Cultural Interpretation Approach

By Francisco Castro-Paniagua

Book Overview

As translation involves more than mere mechanics but as a discipline tied to cultural understanding, translators must focus on the dissimilarities and incongruities between the source and target societies, as well as their languages. Francisco Castro-Paniagua has written a book that will enable those involved in this process to begin to understand the differences between the Anglo-Saxon and Hispanic cultures in a more cohesive manner. Drawing from L vi-Strauss, Paz, Hymes, among others, the author focuses first on a general theory of the two cultures, and then discusses their most basic traits. The work concludes by analyzing the published translations of two works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761817123
• ISBN13: 9780761817123
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"