Bibliography - Scientific translation

 

Note to readers: This bibliography was prepared for upper-year students in the French-English stream of a bachelor’s degree program in translation at York University in Toronto. The course is a practical one (English translation of texts from Quebec in the field of forestry) but there are a few readings (bolded). Emphasis in the course is on understanding expert-to-expert articles in natural science publications rather than on English scientific rhetoric; oddly, there is next to nothing in English (but plenty in French) about comprehension of advanced specialist writing. 

The bibliography omits several items that would be included if it were aimed at graduate students.

 

Most items are available from Frost, Scott or Steacie libraries (some online) or directly on the Web. Some are also

available from the Toronto Public Library or the University of Toronto (Noranda Earth Sciences Library, 5 Bancroft Avenue). 

 

A few items (noted on the list below) are on reserve at Frost.

Bolded items are course readings and are available at the course eClass site.

 

A. Forests and forestry

 

Sharpe, Grant et al. 2003 Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources 7th edition [on 1–day reserve at Frost]

                        Chapter 4 Forest Ecology 76-96

                        Chapter 5 Silviculture and Forest Ecosystem Management 97-117

Hendee, John et al. 2012 Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources 8th edition

- available at UofT Earth Sciences Library SD373 .S56 2012

 

For more detail:

Smith, David et al 1997 The Practice of Silviculture [on 1-day reserve at Frost]

 

Dictionnaire de la foresterie / Dictionary of Forestry SD 126 D52 in Frost Reference.

 

English Wikipedia entries "Tree", "Forest", "Silviculture", "Forestry" and "Logging"

                  and the French entries "Arbre", "Forêt", "Sylviculture" and "Exploitation forestière"

                  (click Français under Languages in the left column of the English Wikipedia entries)

 

B. Specialised Translation

 

Wikipedia entry "Specialised Translation"

Scarpa, Federica 2020 Research and Professional Practice in Specialised Translation

Byrne, Jody 2014 ‘A Framework for the Identification and Strategic Development of Translation Specialisms’

            Meta 59:1

Scarpa, Federica 2010 La traduction spécialisée (translated and adapted from Italian by Marco Fiola), Chapter 4.       available online from York Library

Byrne, Jody 2010 ‘Are technical translators writing themselves out of existence?’ http://www.jodybyrne.com/3145 

Circuit 98, 2008 Les langues de spécialité http://www.circuitmagazine.org

Asensio, Roberto Mayoral 2007 ‘Specialised translation: a concept in need of revision’ Babel 53(1), 48-55.

 

                                                                             

C. Scientific & Technical Translation

 

Books

 

Olohan, Maeve 2016 Scientific and Technical Translation, Chapter 6 [on 1-day reserve at Frost]

Byrne, Jody 2012 Scientific and Technical Translation Explained

Hann, Michael 2004 A basis for scientific and engineering translation

Bédard, Claude 1986 La traduction technique, Chapters 4 and 5 [on 1-day reserve at Frost]

This is still the best book in English or French about the nitty-gritty of translating technical texts and about the comprehension phase of translation. Most of the book applies to scientific translation. However, the parts about research date from before the World Wide Web, Internet email and Google.

Maillot, Jean 1981 La traduction scientifique et technique 2e éd.

            Chapters 12 and 13 on translating the scientific and technical content of literary works

Pinchuck, Isadore 1977 Scientific and Technical Translation

            Chapters 1, 11, 14...; all examples are German to English.

Sykes, J.B. 1971 Technical Translator’s Manual

 

Articles

 

Olohan, Maeve 2019 ‘Scientific Translation’, in Mona Baker and Gabriela Saldanha (eds)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies 3rd ed., 510-514.

Olohan, Maeve. 2018. “A Practice-Theory Analysis of Scientific Editing by Translators”. Alif: Journal of   Comparative Poetics 38: 298– 328.  

Robichaud, David 2017 "Political Philosophy and Scientific Translation: when individual interest does not

                   translate into collective benefits" in Translation and Public Policy

Ralph Krüger 2016 "The textual degree of technicality as a potential factor influencing the occurrence of

                   explicitation in scientific and technical translation" Journal of Specialised Translation 26         https://jostrans.org/issue26/art_kruger.php  

Olohan, Maeve 2013 ‘Scientific and Technical Translation’, in Francesca Bartrina and Carmen Millan Valera (eds)

             Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies, 425-37.

Krein-Kühle, Monika 2011, ‘Laying the Foundations for Scientific and Technical Translation’, review of Rudolf

Jumpelt 1961 Die Übersetzung naturwissenschaftlicher und technischer Literatur, The Translator 17:2.

Franco Aixelá,  Javier 2009 ‘ An overview of interference in scientific and technical translation’, Journal of Specialised

             Translation 11, http://www.jostrans.org/issue11/art_aixela.php

Montgomery, Scott 2009 ‘English and Science: realities and issues for translation in the age of an expanding

lingua franca’ Journal of Specialised Translation 11,  http://www.jostrans.org/issue11/art_montgomery.php

Franco Aixelá,  Javier 2004 ‘The Study of Technical and Scientific Translation: An Examination of its Historical

            Development’, Journal of Specialised Translation 1 http://www.jostrans.org/issue01/art_aixela.php 

Hervey, Sandor & Ian Higgins 2002, ‘Scientific and technical translation’, Chapter 12 of Thinking French

            Translation 2nd ed.

 

Issues of journals

 

Sciences en traduction / Sciences in Translation = Meta 61, 2016

Science in Translation = The Translator 17:2, 2011

Journal of Specialised Translation 11, 2009 http://www.jostrans.org/issue11/issue11_toc.php

Circuit 84, 2004 Sciences et traduction http://www.circuitmagazine.org

Circuit 56, 1997 La traduction technique http://www.circuitmagazine.org

           

 

D. Understanding the Source Text

 

Rochard, Michel 2007 ‘La rétroconception entre compréhension et ré-expression des textes économiques’ in Élisabeth

             Lavault-Olléon (ed), Traduction spécialisée: pratiques, theories, formations.

Gile, Daniel 1995  ‘Comprehension in Interpretation and Translation’  Chapter 4 of Basic

Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training, especially section 3.

Durieux, Christine 1988 Fondement didactique de la traduction technique, chapter 3.1 on comprehension.

            [on 1-day reserve at Frost]

Gile, Daniel 1986 “La Traduction médicale doit-elle être réservée aux seuls traducteurs-médecins?” Meta 31:1.

Gile, Daniel 1986 “La Compréhension des énoncés spécialisés chez le traducteur” in Meta 31:4. 

 

E. Translation and Scientific Communication

(browsing: Q 223-225)

 

Gordin, Michael 2015 Scientific Babel: how science was done before and after global English

Montgomery, Scott 2013 Does Science Need a Global Language?

Byrne, Jody 2006 Technical Translation: Usability Strategies for Translating Technical Documentation, Chapter 1.

Ammon, Ulrich 2001 The dominance of English as a language of science: effects on other languages and language

             communities [collection of articles, including one by Martel on English in Quebec science]

Ventola, Eija and Anna Mauranen 1991 “Non-native writing and native revising of scientific articles” in Ventola (ed.),

             Functional and Systemic Linguistics: Approaches and Uses

Large, J.A. 1983 The Foreign Language Barrier: problems in scientific communication

            Communication of science before the Internet age.

 

                                         F. Language, Rhetoric and Ideology of Scientific Texts

 

Suau-Jiménez, Francisca 2010 ‘Metadiscursive elements in the translation of scientific texts’ in Linguistic and

            Translation Studies in Scientific Communication.

Rey, Joëlle 2007 “Traduction et adaptation des éléments culturels dans les textes scientifiquesBabel 53:2

Sanchez, Dolorès 2007 ‘Traduction, genre et discours scientifique’ in Doubts and Directions in Translation Studies

Rey, Joëlle and Mercedes Tricás 2006 “Stratégies : les introductions et les conclusions dans des textes de vulgarisation

             scientifiqueMeta 51:1

Hoorickx-Raucq, Isabelle 2005 “Mediating the scientific text: a cultural approach to the discourse of science in some

             English and French publications and TV documentaries” in Journal of Specialised Translation 3

             http://www.jostrans.org/issue03/art_hoorickx_raucq.php   

Halliday, Michael 2004 The Language of Science

Rey, Joëlle 2000 “La traduction des textes scientifiques : structure textuelle et processus cognitifs”, Target 12:1

Rey, Joëlle 1999 “Approche argumentative des textes scientifiques : la traduction de or en espagnol” Meta 44:3

Halliday, Michael and J.R. Martin 1993 Writing Science, Chapters 1, 3, 4

Wright, Sue Ellen and Leland Wright Jr (eds) 1993 Scientific and Technical Translation, Section 1: Style and Register in

            Technical Translation

Demers, Ginette1992 "Les statistiques au service de la pédagogie de la traduction" in TTR 5:1, 1992

Kocourek, Rostislav 1991 La Langue française de la technique et de la science, 2e éd.

            [ch.2; ignore the short section on translation p. 206ff]

Gopen, George and J. Swan 1990 ‘The Science of Scientific Writing’, American Scientist 78, 550-558

(Nov-Dec issue)

Nakos, Dorothy 1989 “Quelques difficultés de la traduction scientifique et techniqueL’Actualité terminologique  22:5

Séguinot, Candace 1988 “Translating the ideology of science” TTR 1:1

Loffler-Laurian, Anne-Marie 1983 "Typologie des discours scientifiques : deux approches" in Études de linguistique

             appliquée 51

Loffler-Laurian, Anne-Marie 1980 "L'expression du locuteur dans les discours scientifiques" in Revue de linguistique

             romane 44,   no.173-4

Sager, Juan 1980 English Special Languages: Principles and Practice in Science and Technology

 

 G. Specialized and Literary Translation Compared

 

Rogers, Margaret 2015  Specialised Translation: shedding the ‘non-literary’ tag

Newmark, Peter 2004 “Non-literary in the light of literary translation” in Journal of Specialised Translation 1

             http://www.jostrans.org/issue01/art_newmark.php

Berman, Antoine 1991 "Traduction spécialisée et traduction littéraire" in La Traduction littéraire, scientifique et

             technique

Folkart, Barbara 1989 "Translation and the Arrow of Time" in TTR 2:1

Seleskovitch, Danica 1988 "Technical and literary translation: a unifying view" in Catriona Picken (ed.)

            ITI Conference 2 

 

H. History of Scientific Translation

 

Olohan, Maeve 2016 "Science, Translation and the Mangle: A Performative Conceptualization of

                  Scientific Translation." Meta 61 (hors serie): 5-21.

Cheung, Martha 2014 “Chinese discourse on translation as intercultural communication: the story of jihe” in Juliane

            House (ed), Translation: a multidisciplinary approach, 56-72.

Delisle, Jean and Judith Woodsworth 2012 Translators Through History

            Chapter 4 Translators and the Dissemination of Knowledge

Montgomery, Scott 2000 Science in Translation: movements of knowledge through cultures and time

Fang, Mengzhi 1999 ‘Sci-Tech Translation and its Research in China’ in Meta 44(1).