Translating Others (Volume 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900650843 ISBN 13: 9781900650847

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Both in the sheer breadth and in the detail of their coverage the essays in these two volumes challenge hegemonic thinking on the subject of translation. Engaging throughout with issues of representation in a postmodern and postcolonial world, Translating Others investigates the complex processes of projection, recognition, displacement and 'othering' effected not only by translation practices but also by translation studies as developed in the West. At the same time, the volumes document the increasing awareness the the world is peopled by others who also translate, often in ways radically different from and hitherto largely ignored by the modes of translating conceptualized in Western discourses.

 

The languages covered in individual contributions include Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Rajasthani, Somali, Swahili, Tamil, Tibetan and Turkish as well as the Europhone literatures of Africa, the tongues of medieval Europe, and some major languages of Egypt's five thousand year history. Neighbouring disciplines invoked include anthropology, semiotics, museum and folklore studies, librarianship and the history of writing systems.

 

Contributors to Volume 1: Doris Bachmann-Medick, Cosima Bruno, Ovidi Carbonell, Martha Cheung, G. Gopinathan, Eva Hung, Alexandra Lianeri, Carol Maier, Christi Ann Marrill, Paolo Rambelli, Myriam Salama-Carr, Ubaldo Stecconi and Maria Tymoczko.

About this title

Review:

'... a vital contribution to the academic discourse on translation and on a series of related forms of representation.'

Michaela Wolf, Target

Synopsis:

This is the second volume of a two-volume set (each sold separately) presenting essays from the project Translations and Translation Theories East and West, conducted jointly by University College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies. The first volume covers grounding theory, mapping concepts, and reflexive praxis; the second memor

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1900650843
• ISBN 13: 9781900650847
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Hermans Theo