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Scientific Translation from Russian into English: A Case in 18th Century History
- Authors: Taunsend K.I.1, Poluboyarova M.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 12(867) (2022)
- Pages: 95-105
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/380717
- ID: 380717
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Abstract
The article introduces to scholars the English translation, dating back to 1764, of the Russian scientific work by S. P. Krasheninnikov “The Description of Kamchatka”, published in St. Petersburgh in 1755. The study of the translation act and its strategy has revealed that James Grieve, the translator, was carrying out the task, set by the British government, who viewed Kamchatka as a strategically important point on the way to America.
About the authors
Ksenia Igorevna Taunsend
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: townsendX@yandex.ru
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil.), Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Translation Studies and Translation and Interpreting (the English Language), Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationMarina Vladimirovna Poluboyarova
Moscow State Linguistic University
Email: mvp1410@gmail.com
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Translation Studies and Translation and Interpreting (the English Language), Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
Russian FederationReferences
- Epatko, A. Yu. (2011). Jekspedicija Dzhejmsa Kuka na Kamchatke = J. Cook’s expedition in Kamchatka. Gangut, 66, 107–117. (In Russ.)
- Stepanov, N. N. (1949). Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov i ego trud «Opisanie zemli Kamchatki» = Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov and his work “The Description of Kamchatka”. S. P. Krasheninnikov. Opisanie zemli Kamchatki. S prilozheniem raportov, donesenij i drugih neopublikovannyh materialov (pp. 13–86). Moscow–Leningrad: Izdatel’stvo Glavsevmorputi. (In Russ.)
- The History of Kamtschatka and the Kurilski Islands with the countries adjacent; illustrated with maps and cuts. Published at Petersbourg in the Russian language and translated into English by James Grieve, M. D. London, 1764.
- Krasheninnikov, S. P. (1755). Opisanie zemli Kamchatki = The Description of Kamchatka: in 2 vols. St.Petersburg: pri Imperatorskoj Akademii nauk. (In Russ.)
- Mal’ceva, I. M. (1999). Krasheninnikov Stepan Petrovich. Slovar’ russkih pisatelej XVIII veka. St.Petersburg. (In Russ.)
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