Peter Axel Schmitt

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Peter Axel Schmitt (born August 5, 1948 in Mannheim ) is a German translation scholar and terminologist . He teaches as a university professor at the University of Leipzig , Philological Faculty, Institute for Applied Linguistics and Translatology (IALT).

Life

After graduating from high school in 1967, Schmitt completed a three-year apprenticeship with the Bundeswehr Technical Service. From 1970 to 1974 Schmitt studied applied linguistics, translation and interpreting in Mainz at the Germersheim , Bath and Lisbon locations . After graduating as a qualified translator, he worked as a technical translator in a German-American engineering company in power plant construction until 1980.

1980 to 1997 he taught at the University of Mainz in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim; At the Institute for English and American Studies he was responsible for technical translation, technical terminology, technical drawing and translation studies. In 1983 he did his doctorate with Karl-Heinz Stoll as Dr. phil. with a thesis on Anglicisms in the technical languages , in 1996 he qualified as a professor with the title Translation und Technik . In 1997 he accepted the professorship for Linguistics and Translation Studies (English) at the University of Leipzig. His teaching and research are shaped by practical experience as a technical translator and interpreter.

Schmitt had a lasting influence on translatology with his diverse areas of interest in research and teaching. He examined various fields such as technology and engineering, including automotive technology, mechanical engineering and power engineering. He also turned to the cultural specifics of subjects such as natural sciences and technology and dealt with comic and theater translation. He did research in the field of terminology and lexicography and developed modern, term-oriented dictionaries. As a representative of functionalism and action orientation, he had a lasting influence on university translation training.

Schmitt lives in Markkleeberg, is married and has a daughter.

Memberships

Honorary positions

  • Vice-President of CIUTI (Conférence Internationale Permanente d'Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes)
  • Federal advisor for translation studies at the BDÜ
  • Deputy Chairman of the Terminology Standards Committee at the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
  • Chairman of the DIN NAT1 standards committee
  • ad personam member of the Expert Group in the EU project EMT (European Master's in Translation) (until 2009)
  • ad personam named member of the Transforum (former coordination committee practice & teaching)

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Anglicisms in the technical languages. A pragmatic study using the example of nuclear technology . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1985
  • The professional practice of translators. A survey analysis . Special report of the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators. BDÜ, Bonn 1990
  • Translation and technology . Stauffenburg, Tübingen 1999

Essays

  • Culture specifics of technical texts: a translation problem . In: Hans J. Vermeer (Ed.): Culture-specific of translatory action. In: th - translatorischesahm , Ed. Department of General Translation and Interpreting Studies of the IÜD of the University of Heidelberg, 3rd IÜD, Heidelberg 1989, pp. 49-88
  • Culturally Specific Elements in Technical Translations . In: Jochen Schwend, Susanne Hagemann , Hermann Völkel (eds.): Language in Context. Festschrift for Horst W. Drescher on his 60th birthday. Lang, Frankfurt 1992, pp. 495-515.
  • Evaluation of specialist translations . In: Gerd Wotjak, Heide Schmidt (ed.): Models of Translation. Festschrift for Albrecht Neubert . Leipzig writings on culture, literature, language and translation studies 2. Vervuert, Hamburg 1997, pp. 301–332
  • Technical translation - a refutation of prejudices . In: Joanna Best, Sylvia Kalina (Ed.): Translate and Interpreting. A guide. Francke, Tübingen 2002, pp. 60-73
  • Nonverbal text elements as a source and solution to translation problems . In: Lew N. Zybatow (Ed.): Translation between theory and practice. Innsbruck Translation Studies Lecture Series, 1st Forum Translation Studies, Vol. 1, Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2002, pp. 191–213

Publishing activities

  • Eberhard Fleischmann, Wladimir Kutz, Peter A. Schmitt (eds.): Translation didactics. Contributions to basic questions in translation studies . Narr, Tübingen 1997
  • Mary Snell-Hornby, Hans Hönig, Paul Kussmaul, Peter A. Schmitt (eds.): Handbook Translation . Stauffenburg, Tübingen 1998
  • Eberhard Fleischmann, Peter A. Schmitt, Gerd Wotjak (Eds.): Translation Competence . Conference files of LICTRA 2001, VII. Leipzig International Conference on Basic Issues in Translation Studies. Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2003
  • Peter A. Schmitt, Heike Jüngst (Ed.): Translation quality . Leipzig Studies in Applied Linguistics and Translatology, Vol. 5. Peter Lang European Science Publishers, Frankfurt 2007
  • Beverly Adab, Peter A. Schmitt, Gregory Shreve (Eds.): Discourses of Translation. Festschrift in Honor of Christina Schäffner . Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2012
  • Publication of the journal Living Languages . De Gruyter, Berlin
  • Publication of the series of Leipzig studies on applied linguistics and translatology . Peter Lang European Science Publishing House, Frankfurt

Dictionaries

  • Lexicon of catalyst technology. Exhaust gas cleaning in motor vehicles. German-English, English-German . Brandstetter, Wiesbaden 1986
  • PONS specialist dictionary of automotive technology. English-German, German-English . Klett, Stuttgart 1992
  • e-technical dictionary technology and applied sciences. English-German / German-English. Version 1.0 . CD-ROM. Langenscheidt Fachverlag, Munich 2002
  • Langenscheidt's technical dictionary technology and applied sciences. English-German, German-English . Study edition. 2 volumes. Langenscheidt Fachverlag, Munich 2004
  • Langenscheidt technical dictionary engineering English. English-German, German-English . Langenscheidt, Munich 2006
  • Technical dictionary technology and applied sciences German-Chinese . Tonji University Press , Shanghai 2009
  • Langenscheidt Professional technical dictionary technology and applied sciences English-German / German-English . Completely revised. and considerably exp. Version. For PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones. Langenscheidt, Munich 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annette Weilandt, Susann Herold and Anne-Kathrin D. Ende (eds.): Everything is related to everything: Translatological interdependencies. Festschrift for Peter A. Schmitt . Berlin: Frank & Timme GmbH Publishing House for Scientific Literature 2013. P. 9. ISBN 978-3865965042 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Peter Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitt, Peter A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translation scholar and terminologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim