Christiane Nord (born 13 September 1943) is a German translation scholar.

Biography

She studied translation at

Heidelberg University } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

(B.A. Honours, 1967);CV of Christiane Nord (page 245)
/ref> in 1983 she obtained her PhD in

Romance Studies Romance studies or Romance philology ( an, filolochía romanica; ca, filologia romànica; french: romanistique; eo, latinida filologio; it, filologia romanza; pt, filologia românica; ro, romanistică; es, filología románica) is an acade ...

, with

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in applied translation studies and translation pedagogy. From 1967 she has been involved in translator training at the universities of

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

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Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

and

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

(1996–2005). She was married to theologian Klaus Berger who passed away in 2020. They worked together to translate sections of the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

Works

* "Textdesign - verantwortlich und gehirngerecht". In: Holz-Mänttäri, Justa/Nord, Christiane, eds.: ''Traducere Navem. Festschrift für Katharina Reiß zum 70. Geburtstag''. Tampereen yliopisto, 1993, pages 301–320. . * ''Translating as a Purposeful Activity. Functionalist Approaches Explained.'' 1997. * ''Fertigkeit Übersetzen. Ein Kurs zum Übersetzenlehren und -lernen''. Berlin: BDÜ Service Verlag (Schriftenreihe des BDÜ 38) (2nd edition of Nord 2002). * ''Kommunikativ handeln auf Spanisch und Deutsch. Ein übersetzungsorientierter funktionaler Sprach- und Stilvergleich'', Wilhelmsfeld: Gottfried Egert Verlag, 2003. * ''Text Analysis in Translation: Theory, Methodology and Didactic Application of a Model for Translation-Oriented Text Analysis'', Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, 2nd. revised edition, 2005. * ''Kommunikativ handeln auf Spanisch und Deutsch: ein übersetzungsorientierter funktionaler Sprach- und Stilvergleich''. Egert, Wilhelmsfeld 2003, ISBN 3-926972-99-8.

References

External links

Website of Christiane Nord, PhD
1943 births Living people People from Eberswalde Heidelberg University alumni German translators English–German translators Spanish–German translators Translators of the Bible into German German translation scholars Heidelberg University faculty Academics of the University of Vienna Academics of the University of Innsbruck Female Bible Translators Translation theorists {{bible-translator-stub