Contra Instrumentalism : A Translation Polemic

Questions the long-accepted notion that translation reproduces or transfers an invariant contained in or caused by the source text. Contra Instrumentalism aims to end the dominance of instrumentalism by showing how it grossly oversimplifies translation practice and fosters an illusion of immediate access to source texts.

• | : Lawrence Venuti
• | Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1496205138
• | ISBN-13: 9781496205131