%0 Journal Article
%T Translation from the Other Side: Process before Product or ¡°In Defense of Lost Causes¡±
%A Philip H. Towner
%J The Bible Translator
%@ 2051-6789
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2051677018785420
%X In Western scholarship, descriptions of translation have emphasized instrumentality and outcome, leaving one to wonder where the translator as human being is in this product-oriented field. Bible translation is equally affected by this tendency. In fact, recent developments affecting the Bible translation mission, including an infusion of funding which comes with a focus on technology and the expectation of increased speed to product, make questions about the translator and translation as process all the more acute. This essay suggests that a perspective on translation has been lost or obscured, and seeks to look at translation ¡°from the other side¡±¡ªthe side of anthropology, which allows translation to be (re)considered as a serious human endeavor, a feature of human life-in-movement, a meaningful and meaning-making process
%K metaphors for translation
%K anthropology of translation
%K translation as process
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2051677018785420