Translation Theory in the Age of Louis XIV
Preeminent in a relatively rare category of separate early modern treatises on translation, the 1683 De optimo genere interpretandi by the polymath cleric Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) offers a concise introduction to its nature, history, theory, process and practice.
Written in the form of a Ciceronian dialogue, On the best kind of translating not only represents Huet''s acute and witty defence o...
Preeminent in a relatively rare category of separate early modern treatises on translation, the 1683 De optimo genere interpretandi by the polymath cleric Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) offers a concise introduction to its nature, history, theory, process and practice.
Written in the form of a Ciceronian dialogue, On the best kind of translating not only represents Huet''s acute and witty defence o...