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Anton Popovič’s contribution to translation studies

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The present paper explores the contribution of the Slovak scholar Anton Popovič (1933–1984) to translation studies from the end of the 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. It mentions the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of Popovič’s work (particularly Jiří Levý and František Miko), briefly analyzes Popovič’s most important publications within the field of translation studies, and discusses criticisms as well as inspirations of his conception of translation. The paper concludes with an evaluation of Popovič’s role in developing the field of Czechoslovak and international translation studies, most importantly of descriptive translation studies and the manipulation school.
Keywords: Anton Popovič, Jiří Levý, František Miko, shifts of expression, metatext, metacommunication, descriptive translation studies, manipulation school
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Biography
  • 3.Theoretical Underpinnings
  • 4.Works on Translation
    • 4.1Translation and Expression
    • 4.2Poetics of Artistic Translation
    • 4.4Theory of Artistic Translation
    • 4.5Late works
  • 5.Reactions to Popovič’s Work
  • 6.Contribution to Translation Studies
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Short bibliography of Anton Popoviè
Published online: 5 August 2009
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Short bibliography of Anton Popoviè
Monographs by Anton Popoviè (in Slovak, chronologically)
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**KLKEM (Kabinet literárnej komunikácie a experimentálnej metodiky Pedagogickej fakulty v Nitre) = Cabinet of Literary Communication and Experimental Methods of the Pedagogical Faculty in Nitra.
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