?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+theoretical+account+of+translation+-+without+a+translation+theory&rft.creator=Gutt%2C+Dr+Ernst-August&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+argue+that+the+phenomenon+commonly+referred+to+as+%22translation%22+can+be+accounted+for+naturally+within+the+relevance+theory+of+communication+developed+by+Sperber+and+Wilson+(1986a)%3A+there+is+no+need+for+a+distinct+general+theory+of+translation.+Most+kinds+of+translation+can+be+analysed+as+varieties+of+interpretive+use.+I+distinguish+direct+from+indirect+translation.+Direct+translation+corresponds+to+the+idea+that+translation+should+convey+the+same+meaning+as+the+original.+It+requires+the+receptors+to+familiarise+themselves+with+the+context+envisaged+for+the+original+text.+The+idea+that+the+meaning+of+the+original+can+be+communicated+to+any+receptor+audience%2C+no+matter+how+different+their+background%2C+is+shown+to+be+a+misconception+based+on+mistaken+assumptions+about+communication.+Indirect+translation+involves+looser+degrees+of+resemblance.+I+show+that+direct+translation+is+merely+a+special+case+of+interpretive+use%2C+whereas+indirect+translation+is+the+general+case.+In+all+cases+the+success+of+the+translation+depends+on+how+well+it+meets+the+basic+criterion+for+all+human+communication%2C+which+is+consistency+with+the+principle+of+relevance.+Thus+the+different+varieties+of+translation+can+be+accounted+for+without+recourse+to+typologies+of+texts%2C+translations%2C+functions+or+the+like.&rft.publisher=John+Benjamins+Publishing+Company&rft.contributor=Toury%2C+Gideon&rft.contributor=Lambert%2C+Jose&rft.date=1990&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2597%2F1%2FTHEORACC.htm&rft.identifier=++Gutt%2C+Dr+Ernst-August++(1990)+A+theoretical+account+of+translation+-+without+a+translation+theory.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2597%2F