Lawrence Venuti
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Lawrence Venuti is an American translation theorist and scholar known for his influential work on translator visibility, foreignization vs. domestication, and the ethics of translation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lawrence Venuti canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7390000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Venuti Context triple: [The Task of the Translator, influencedThinker, Lawrence Venuti]
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A.
Jacques Schiffrin
Jacques Schiffrin was a prominent French publisher best known for founding the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade series at Éditions Gallimard.
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B.
J. Hillis Miller
J. Hillis Miller was a prominent American literary critic and theorist associated with deconstruction and Yale School criticism, known for his influential work on Victorian literature and critical theory.
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C.
Richard Ben-Veniste
Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
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D.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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E.
George Steiner
George Steiner was a prominent literary critic, essayist, and philosopher known for his influential work on language, translation, and the relationship between literature and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence Venuti Target entity description: Lawrence Venuti is an American translation theorist and scholar known for his influential work on translator visibility, foreignization vs. domestication, and the ethics of translation.
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A.
Jacques Schiffrin
Jacques Schiffrin was a prominent French publisher best known for founding the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade series at Éditions Gallimard.
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B.
J. Hillis Miller
J. Hillis Miller was a prominent American literary critic and theorist associated with deconstruction and Yale School criticism, known for his influential work on Victorian literature and critical theory.
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C.
Richard Ben-Veniste
Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former Watergate prosecutor who served as a Democratic member of the 9/11 Commission.
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D.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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E.
George Steiner
George Steiner was a prominent literary critic, essayist, and philosopher known for his influential work on language, translation, and the relationship between literature and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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scholar ⓘ translation theorist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| advocates | foreignizing translation strategies ⓘ |
| argues |
for greater visibility of the translator
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that translation is an interpretive and transformative act ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criticizes | domesticating translation strategies ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Temple University ⓘ |
| employer |
CUNY Graduate Center
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Temple University ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative literature
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literary theory ⓘ translation studies ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialization |
history of translation
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literary translation ⓘ translation theory ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary translation theory
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translation studies ⓘ |
| hasRole | editor of The Translation Studies Reader ⓘ |
| hasTranslated |
Italian literature
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modern Italian authors ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
domestication
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ethics of translation ⓘ foreignization ⓘ translator visibility ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Contra Instrumentalism: A Translation Polemic
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Rethinking Translation: Discourse, Subjectivity, Ideology ⓘ The Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference ⓘ The Translation Studies Reader ⓘ The Translator’s Invisibility: A History of Translation ⓘ Translation Changes Everything: Theory and Practice ⓘ |
| occupation |
translation theorist
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translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of English
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professor of translation studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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