Gideon Toury
Gideon Toury | |
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גדעון טורי | |
| Born | 6 June 1942 |
| Died | 4 October 2016 (aged 74) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Tel Aviv |
| Academic work | |
| School or tradition | Descriptive Translation Studies |
| Notable works | Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond |
| Notable ideas | Translation norms, Pseudo-translation |
Gideon Toury (Hebrew: גדעון טורי; 6 June 1942 – 4 October 2016) was an Israeli translation scholar and professor of Poetics, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at Tel Aviv University, where he held the M. Bernstein Chair of Translation Theory. Gideon Toury was a pioneer of Descriptive Translation Studies.