Cuestionario de Introduction to Translatology

Definition of Translatology:
The study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in
an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities.
Also known as translation studies or traductology.

Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic

study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting,
and localization.

These include comparative literature, computer

science, history, linguistics, philology, philosophy, semiotics, and terminology.

Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literatureand

cultural expression across linguistic, national, and disciplinary boundaries.
Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study of international
relations, but works with languages and artistic traditions, so as to understand cultures
'from the inside'".

History (from Greek , historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by

investigation")[2] is the study of the past as it is described in written
documents.[3][4]Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory.

Linguistics is the scientific[1] study of language,[2] and involves an analysis of

language form, language meaning, and language in context.

Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination

of literary criticism, history, and linguistics.[1] It is more commonly defined as the study
of literary texts and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their
original form, and the determination of their meaning. A person who pursues this kind
of study is known as a philologist.
Philosophy (from Greek , philosophia, literally "love of wisdom"[1][2][3][4]) is
the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such
as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

Semiotics (from Greek: , "simiotikos") (also called semiotic studies; not

to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology which is a subset of
semiotics)[1] is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign processes and
meaningful communication.[2] This includes the study of signs and sign
processes(semiosis), indication, designation,
likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and
communication.

Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound
words or multi-word expressions that in specific contexts are given specific
meaningsthese may deviate from the meanings the same words have in other
contexts and in everyday language. Terminology is a discipline that studies, among
other things, the development of such terms and their interrelationships within a
specialized domain