Valentín García Yebra (28 April 1917, in Lombillo de Los Barrios,

Ponferrada Ponferrada () is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only Comarcas of Spain, ''comarca'' ...

, León – 13 December 2010, in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

), was a Spanish

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''trans ...

and

translation scholar Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

Biography

He studied Arts at Madrid where he graduated in Classical Philology (1944), then he got his doctoral degree with his thesis ''Las traducciones latinas de la metafísica de Aristóteles''. After a long career as professor and scholar, in 1974 he boosted the creation of a Translation Institute at the

Universidad Complutense The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

, where he delivered lectures in

Translation Theory Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

. During his career he was awarded several prizes, including the Spanish National Translation Award in 1998. From 1984 until his death he was a member of the

Real Academia Española The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanopho ...

. In 1997 he joined the

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Honors

* Premio Nacional a la Obra de un Traductor (1998) * Premio Nacional de Periodismo "Miguel Delibes" (2004) for his article "Desajustes gramaticales", published in ABC on 27 September 2004. * Honorary member of

Asetrad Asetrad (abbreviation for the "Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes" or the "Spanish Association of Translators, Copy-editors, and Interpreters") is an association based in Spain to support and facilitate the work of tra ...

(2008) * Honorary member of

IAPTI The International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI) is an international professional association of translators and interpreters based in Argentina. History Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, IAPTI was established on ...

(2009).

Works

Editorial Gredos, founded by García Yebra with fellow students, was in charge of publishing most of his books:

Translation

* Aguiar e Silva, Vítor Manuel de, ''Teoría de la literatura'' (1996, 1st ed.). *

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

, '' Metafísica de Aristóteles (trilingual version)'', (1997, 2nd ed.). * ——, ''

Poetics Poetics is the study or theory of poetry, specifically the study or theory of device, structure, form, type, and effect with regards to poetry, though usage of the term can also refer to literature broadly. Poetics is distinguished from hermeneu ...

(trilingual version)'', (1992, 1st ed.). *

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...

, '' Guerra de las Galias'' (1985/2001, 3 vol. bilingual edition) * ——, ''Guerra de las Galias'' (1996/1999, 2 vol. with Latin notes) *

Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises tha ...

, '' De Amicitia, anotado'' (1987, 5th ed.). *

Étienne Gilson Étienne Henri Gilson (; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the tradition ...

, ''El realismo metódico'' (Encuentro Ediciones, S.A., 1997). * Oronzo Giordano, ''Religiosidad popular en la Alta Edad Media'' (1983, 1st ed.). *

Gertrud von le Fort Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort (born Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer. Life Le Fort was born in Minden, in the former Province of Westphalia, then the Kin ...

, ''Himnos a la iglesia'' (Encuentro Ediciones, S.A., 1995). * ——, ''El velo de Verónica'' (Encuentro Ediciones, S.A., 1998). * Charles Möeller, ''Literatura del siglo XX y cristianismo'' (6 vol.). *

Friedrich Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (; ; 21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed Church, Reformed theology, theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Age o ...

, ''Sobre los diferentes métodos de traducir'' (2000). *

Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( ; AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca ...

, ''Medea'' (1982, 2nd ed./2001, 3rd ed.). /

Grammar and translation theory

*"Traducción y estilo", comunicación presentada al ''X Congreso Internacional de Lingüistas'' celebrado en Bucarest del 28 de agosto al 2 de septiembre de 1967 * ''Traducción y enriquecimiento de la lengua del traductor'' (1985 R.A.E./2004 Gredos). * ''Claudicación en el uso de preposiciones'' (1988). * ''En torno a la Traducción. Teoría. Crítica. Historia'' (1989, 2.ª ed.). * ''Traducción: Historia y Teoría'' (1994). * ''Teoría y Práctica de la Traducción (2 volúmenes)'', (1997, 3.ª ed. revisada). * ''Diccionario de galicismos prosódicos y morfológicos'' (1999). * ''Documentación, terminología y traducción'' (Editorial Síntesis, S.A., 2000, 1ª. edic., 2ª. impres.). * ''El buen uso de las palabras'' (2009). * Gonzalo García, Consuelo, ''et al.'', ''Manual de documentación para la traducción literaria'' (Arco Libros, S.L.,2005). * ''Experiencias de un traductor'' (2006).

References

External links

The translators' rights (in Spanish)
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