caa a22 4500 463200152 CHVBK 20180405153110.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11061-006-9011-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11061-006-9011-2 Thijs Christine Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK aut Early Old English Translation: Practice Before Theory? [Elektronische Daten] [Christine Thijs] This study of early Old English translation attempts a conceptual refocusing of its function as a literary activity in general and more specifically in connection with King Alfred the Great's programme. It traces influences on the theory of translation and on how translation was perceived from Cicero and Horace to Alfred, and it concentrates on the prefatory material and translation practice employed in Wærferth's Old English Dialogues and the Alfredian versions of the Cura Pastoralis, the De Consolatione Philosophiae and the Soliloquia. This article examines the principles and aims that underlie some of the oldest surviving vernacular translations. It observes how values such as modesty, authority of the source text, the author's objectives, and concern for the targeted audience all play a part in the development of a translator-specific and perhaps even a text-specific translation theory. At its core lies the dilemma between freedom and fidelity, which informs all theory of translation, regardless of language, culture, or purpose. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2007 Neophilologus Kluwer Academic Publishers 91/1(2007-01-01), 149-173 0028-2677 91:1<149 2007 91 11061 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-006-9011-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-006-9011-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Thijs Christine Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neophilologus Kluwer Academic Publishers 91/1(2007-01-01), 149-173 0028-2677 91:1<149 2007 91 11061 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer