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Translation and Power
Maria Tymoczko
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Description for Translation and Power
Paperback. In this text, 12 essays explore how issues of power figure in the process and products of translation. Editor(s): Tymoczko, Maria; Gentzler, Edwin Charles. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
The contributors to this volume see translation as an activity that takes place not in an ideal neutral site but in real social and political situations, with parties who have vested interests in the production and reception of texts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Translation is not simply a process of faithful reproduction but invariably involves deliberate acts of selection, construction, and omission. It is inextricably linked to issues of cultural dominance, assertion, and resistance - in short, to power. Although governments, churches, publishing firms, and other powerful institutions may influence the translation process, many translators have found ways to ... Read more
The contributors to this volume see translation as an activity that takes place not in an ideal neutral site but in real social and political situations, with parties who have vested interests in the production and reception of texts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Translation is not simply a process of faithful reproduction but invariably involves deliberate acts of selection, construction, and omission. It is inextricably linked to issues of cultural dominance, assertion, and resistance - in short, to power. Although governments, churches, publishing firms, and other powerful institutions may influence the translation process, many translators have found ways to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558493599
SKU
V9781558493599
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About Maria Tymoczko
Both editors teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MARIA TYMOCZKO is professor of comparative literature and EDWIN GENTZLER is associate professor of comparative literature and director of the Translation Center.
Reviews for Translation and Power
Translation is an empowering activity, as Gentzler, Tymoczko, and their collaborators let us know provocatively yet persuasively. These essays deftly attack unthinking cultural imperialism with information, insight, and argument. Readers are unlikely to come away from the essays with their own opinions unchallenged or unchanged. - Marilyn Gaddis Rose, author of Translation and Literary Criticism ""The scholarship in each author's ... Read more