Accessing Popular Science through Translation
Accessing Popular Science through Translation
Author(s): Roxana Bîrsanu Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: popular science; scientific writing; translation; functionalist approaches;
Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, science has acquired unprecedented dimensions; scientific discoveries and technological progress influence almost every aspect of human life and activity. As they are aware of the huge impact of scientific advances on their existence, people become increasingly interested in the mechanisms, procedures and means that make science a constant presence in their life. The main problem that arises is the cumbersome communication between scientists and laypersons stemming from the traditional divide between the scientific community and mass beneficiaries of their findings. The role of popular science is precisely to narrow this gap and help the public with basic to ordinary knowledge of science understand the complexities of scientific results. This paper looks into a number of features of popular science (or pop-science, as is often called) and shares a series of observations on the translation of these non-specialist reader-oriented texts.
Journal: Crossing Boundaries in Culture and Communication
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 156-163
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English