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THE TRANSLATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS IN THE MIDDL...

The transition from Latin to vernacular languages in the late Middle Ages and the dramatic rise
of a new readership produced a huge bulk of translations  particularly of religious literature
in its various genres. The solutions are so multifarious that they defy any attempt to outline
general theories. This is particularly visible when the same text is translated or rewritten at
different times and in different languages or genres. Through a minute analysis of texts this
book aims at highlighting lexical  syntactic and stylistic choices dictated not only by the
source but also by new readers and patrons  or by new destinations of the works. Established
categories such as 'literalness' and 'fidelity' are thus questioned and integrated with these
other factors which  while being more 'external'  do nonetheless impinge on the very idea of
'translation'  and consequently on its assessment. Far from being a mere transfer from one
language to another  a medieval translation verges on a form of creative writing  and as such
its study becomes a fascinating investigation into the very process of textual production.

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