La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre
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La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre is a 16th-century French treatise by humanist scholar Étienne Dolet that sets out influential principles and methods for translating between languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7741518 — 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: La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre Context triple: [Étienne Dolet, notableWork, La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre]
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A.
The Task of the Translator
The Task of the Translator is Walter Benjamin’s influential 1923 essay that theorizes translation as a creative, transformative act revealing the “afterlife” of literary works rather than merely reproducing their meaning.
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B.
The Pleasure of the Text
The Pleasure of the Text is a seminal 1973 work of literary theory by Roland Barthes that explores the erotic, playful, and subjective dimensions of reading and textual enjoyment.
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C.
Grammaire générale et raisonnée
Grammaire générale et raisonnée is a seminal 17th-century Port-Royal grammar treatise that seeks to explain the universal logical principles underlying all human languages.
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D.
La Disparition de la langue française
La Disparition de la langue française is a novel by Assia Djebar that explores identity, memory, and exile through the complex relationship between French and Arabic in postcolonial Algeria.
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E.
Essai sur le don
Essai sur le don is a foundational anthropological and sociological essay by Marcel Mauss that analyzes gift-giving as a key system of social exchange and obligation in archaic societies.
- 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: La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre Target entity description: La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre is a 16th-century French treatise by humanist scholar Étienne Dolet that sets out influential principles and methods for translating between languages.
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A.
The Task of the Translator
The Task of the Translator is Walter Benjamin’s influential 1923 essay that theorizes translation as a creative, transformative act revealing the “afterlife” of literary works rather than merely reproducing their meaning.
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B.
The Pleasure of the Text
The Pleasure of the Text is a seminal 1973 work of literary theory by Roland Barthes that explores the erotic, playful, and subjective dimensions of reading and textual enjoyment.
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C.
Grammaire générale et raisonnée
Grammaire générale et raisonnée is a seminal 17th-century Port-Royal grammar treatise that seeks to explain the universal logical principles underlying all human languages.
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D.
La Disparition de la langue française
La Disparition de la langue française is a novel by Assia Djebar that explores identity, memory, and exile through the complex relationship between French and Arabic in postcolonial Algeria.
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E.
Essai sur le don
Essai sur le don is a foundational anthropological and sociological essay by Marcel Mauss that analyzes gift-giving as a key system of social exchange and obligation in archaic societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French-language work
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literary work ⓘ translation treatise ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| author | Étienne Dolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorName | Étienne Dolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | humanist scholar ⓘ |
| concerns |
fidelity in translation
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relationship between source and target language ⓘ style in translation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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literary criticism ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre |
humanist treatise
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translation theory ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | French ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedDomain |
Renaissance translation practice
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translation studies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
learned readers
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translators ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
principles of translation
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translation ⓘ translation methods ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early formulation of translation principles in French
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influence on later theories of translation ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| setsOut |
methods for translating between languages
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principles for translating between languages ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | first half of the 16th century ⓘ |
| workTitleInFrench | La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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