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Author Corbett, John, 1959-

Title Written in the language of the Scottish Nation : a history of literary translation into Scots / John Corbett.

Publication Info. Clevedon, U.K. : Multilingual Matters, [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 199 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Topics in translation ; 14
Topics in translation ; 14.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.
Contents Scotland in Translation -- Functions of Translation into Scots -- Translation and Scottish Literature -- Translation and Language Planning -- Translation and Nation -- Marking the Territory -- Scots, English and Translation Studies -- 'The Romanys now Begynnys' -- Multilingualism in Early Scotland -- Latin into Inglis -- French into Inglis -- 'Writtin in the Langage of Scottis Natioun' -- Context of Douglas's Eneados -- Douglas's Theory of Translation -- Language of the Scottish Nation -- Influence of Douglas's Eneados -- 'Of Translations and Chaunges' -- Translation and Reformation -- Court Poets of James VI -- Changes in Scots in the Sixteenth Century -- 'Wonders of the New Speech' -- William Drummond of Hawthornden: The End of an Auld Sang? -- Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty: The Road to Rabelais -- 'Nae Cotillion Brent New Frae France?' -- Towards the Union -- Status of Scots after the Act of Union -- Homespun Horaces: Allan Ramsay and his Successors -- Homer in a Kilt: James Macpherson's Ossian -- Rediscovering Roots: Translations of Northern European Songs -- Pulpit Paraphrases: Victorian Bible Translations -- 'Mongrels of Fire and Clay' -- Making it New: Hugh MacDiarmid and his Successors -- 'The Auld and Nobil Tung': Revisionist Translations -- Word Spoken: Lallans Translations on Stage -- Status of Synthetic Scots -- Cult of the Real -- Regional Voices -- Urban Voices -- Mixed Voices -- 'Real' Voices? -- Polyphony.
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Subject Scots language -- Translating.
Scots language -- Translating.
Scots language.
Translating and interpreting -- Scotland -- History.
Translating and interpreting.
Scotland.
History.
Literature -- Translations into Scots -- History and criticism.
Literature.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1400-1998.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Corbett, John, 1959- Written in the language of the Scottish Nation. Clevedon, U.K. : Multilingual Matters, ©1999 1853594318 (DLC) 98037721 (OCoLC)39890367
ISBN 0585126232 (electronic book)
9780585126234 (electronic book)
1853594318 (hardback)
9781853594311 (hardback)