37.1421, Books: A (Re)turn to the Source Text: Carlström and Pleijel (eds.) (2026)

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Subject: 37.1421, Books: A (Re)turn to the Source Text: Carlström and Pleijel (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 13-Apr-2026
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: A (Re)turn to the Source Text: Carlström and Pleijel (eds.) (2026)


Title: A (Re)turn to the Source Text
Series Title: Benjamins Translation Library   169
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.169

Editor(s): Malin Carlström; Richard Pleijel

Hardback ISBN:  9789027233912 Pages:  243 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233912 Pages:  243 Price: Europe EURO 132.50
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233912 Pages:  243 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233912 Pages:  243 Price: U.S. $ 163.00

Abstract:

The source text is an unescapable part of any translation or
translation process. Without source text, no translation. Yet it is
only recently that scholars in the field of translation studies have
begun exploring, theorizing, and conceptualizing the source text in a
more systematic fashion. The present volume builds on and expands this
work, exposing how source texts are never merely given but always
constructed by translators and used for various purposes. The seven
case studies, by researchers working in translation studies or at the
intersection of translation studies and other disciplines, explore the
role and function of the source text in journalistic translation,
pseudotranslation, indirect translation, children’s literature, and
biblical translation. The authors ask questions such as: How do
translators turn specific texts into source texts? How do translators
conceptualize their originals? How do source texts of the ‘same’ work
change over time?

Written In: English (eng)



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