English-German Self-Translation of Academic Texts and its Relevance for Translation Theory and Practice

The Author: Verena Jung was born in Heilbronn, Germany, studied at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Mount Holyoke College, Massachussetts, and the Université de Haute Bretagne, Rennes, and taught courses in literature translation and linguistics at Düsseldorf after receiving her M.A. in Literary Translation. She is currently working as a DAAD-Lektorin at the German Department of the University of Leeds, teaching language and translation courses. She has translated works of literary criticism from English into German.

• Contents: The phenomenon of self-translation – Insights into the translation process – Self-translated versions – Versions prepared by students – The multi-layered structure of the self-translation process – Conclusions for the teaching of translation.