English-German Self-Translation of Academic Texts and Its Relevance for Translation Theory and Practice

This book is a detailed study of the phenomenon of self-translation investigated by comparing self-translations of Academic texts by, among others, Hannah Arendt, Rudolf Arnheim, Klaus Mann and Stefan Heym, to student translations of the same texts. The detailed linguistic analysis of the differences between the self-translations and the student translations with regard to macrostructure, syntax and reference draws conclusions as to the specific translation stance taken by the bicultural self-translatorsJung, Verena is the author of 'English-German Self-Translation of Academic Texts and Its Relevance for Translation Theory and Practice' with ISBN 9780820454665 and ISBN 0820454664.