Women Manipulating Translation in the Eighteenth Century. The Case of Elizabeth Carter

Mirella Agorni

Women Manipulating Translation in the Eighteenth Century. The Case of Elizabeth Carter

Mirella Agorni

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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The article presents the work of Elibeth Carter, one of the best known translator of the works of Epictetus from the Greek in the Eighteenth century. A lesser-known translation by Carter is Francesco Algarotti's Newtonianismo per le Dame, from the Italian, which was published anonymously in 1739. The article discusses Carter's translation strategies in this work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Knowledges of the Translator: from Literary Interpretation to Machine Classification
Editors	Malcolm Coulthard, Patricia Odber de Baubeta
Pages	135-143
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 1996

Keywords

storia della traduzione
traduttologia
translation history
translation studies

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