Peter Newmark (12 April 1916 – 9 July 2011) was an

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at the

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Biography

Newmark was born on 12 April 1916 in Brno in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the Czech Republic. He was one of the main figures in the founding of

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in the English-speaking world in twentieth century. He was also very influential in the Spanish-speaking world.La enseñanza de la traducción y la teoría autoritaria de Peter Newmark
/ref> He is widely read through a series of accessible and occasionally polemical works: ''A Textbook of Translation'' (1988), ''Paragraphs on Translation'' (1989), ''About Translation'' (1991), ''More Paragraphs on Translation'' (1998). He was associated with the founding and development of the Centre for Translation Studies at Surrey. He was chair of the editorial board of ''The'' ''Journal of Specialised Translation''. He also wrote "Translation Now" bimonthly for ''

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'' and was an Editorial Board Member of the

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.Peter Newmark, Professor of Translation at the University of Surrey, died on 12 July 2011 at the age of 95.
/ref> Newmark died on 9 July 2011.

References

External links

Peter Newmark obituary

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, 28 September 2011
Issue 17, January 2012, including 3 tributes to Peter Newmark
"JoSTrans. The Journal of Specialised Translation" Jan Cambridge: ''Peter Newmark‘s influence on my world of languages: a personal perspective for translators''; Ann Corsellis: ''A non-academic view of Peter Newmark for translators;'' Jeremy Munday: ''Some personal memories of Peter Newmark for translators''. 1916 births 2011 deaths Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia British translation scholars 20th-century British translators People educated at Rugby School Academics of the University of Surrey {{UK-translator-stub