Relevance Theory: Guide to Successful Communication in Translation

by Ernst-August Gutt

Publisher:

Summer Institute of Linguistics

, 1992

Overview

This book describes the nature of communication, the implications it has for the theory of translation, and its application to Bible translation.

Key Features

• Presents a series of lectures on the relevance theory of communication
• Deals with the nature of communication and implications for common assumptions about translation
• Seeks to understand the requirements for successful translation and their implications for the decision-making process in translating

Contents

• The Nature of Communication
• The Principle of Relevance
• The Notion of Faithfulness
• Nonliteral Language
• Translation and Successful Communication

Product Details

• Title: Relevance Theory: A Guide to Successful Communication in Translation
• Author: Ernst-August Gutt
• Publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Print Publication Date: 1992
• Pages: 79
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780883128206, 0883128209
• Resource ID: LLS:RLVNCTHRTRNSLTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-20T21:56:04Z

About Ernst-August Gutt

Ernst-August Gutt and his wife Eva joined SIL in 1970 and were involved in a translation project in Ethiopia. He completed his M.A. studies in linguistics at University College London (UCL) in 1983. From 1974 until 1996, he worked as translation advisor, linguistic researcher, and administrator in Ethiopia, specializing on Silt’e, an Ethio-Semitic language. He pioneered the application of the relevance theory of communication to translation, for which he received a Ph.D. from UCL in 1989. Since 1998 he has been carrying out a research program for SIL International into foundational notions of translation.