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Translators’ Prefaces in Contrast through History
- Authors: Taunzend K.I.1, Poluboyarova M.V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
- Issue: No 5(886) (2024)
- Pages: 116-123
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/303557
- ID: 303557
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The paper reveals the potential of the diachronic approach to paratext in translation. Both translators’ prefaces, one dating back to the 18th century and the other of the 21st century, demonstrate similarity in structure, concepts, functions and discourse parameters. At the same time, they differ significantly in their cultural and psychological characteristics, which show the values and the linguistic portrait of the translator at each particular stage in history.
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Ksenia Igorevna Taunzend
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)
Russian FederationMarina Vladimirovna Poluboyarova
Moscow State Linguistic University; Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Email: mvp1410@gmail.com
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Translation Studies and Translation and Interpreting (the English Language); Associate Professor of the Department of English (Second Foreign Language)
Russian FederationReferences
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