Traducción e retórica contrastivapasado e perspectivas de futuro da investigación no campo

  1. Francisco Javier Fernández Polo 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Journal:
Viceversa: revista galega de traducción

ISSN: 1135-8920 1989-2853

Year of publication: 1998

Issue: 4

Pages: 41-58

Type: Article

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the importance for translation of the findings of Contrastive Rhetoric, and offers a proposal for integrating them in the modern discipline of Translntíon Studies. After a brief summary of the theoretical tenets of Contrastive Rhetoric (aims, object of study, methodology...), reference is made to some recent studies in Translation Theory that have attempted to incorporate its discoveries. The paper argues that the position of Contrastive Rhetoríc in the field of Translation Studíes needs to be reconsidered in view of the latter's present-day bias towards description and explanation, and against prescriptivism. Rather than viewing it as a source of answers for translation practice, the paper suggests that Contrastive rhetoric be conceived as a generator of questions for Translatíon Studies. The author finishes by explicitly formulating some of these questions, a possible framework for future research in the field.