Constructing cultures : essays on literary translation / Susan Bassnett and André Lefevere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bassnett, Susan.

Contributor:

Lefevere, André.

Series:

Topics in translation ; 11.

Topics in translation ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

xxii, 143 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon ; Philadelphia : Multilingual Matters, [1998]

Summary:

Translation Studies is currently one of the fastest growing interdisciplinary subjects in the world. Constructing Cultures brings together for the first time the work of the two translator/scholars who are regarded as founders of this major field of study. This collection of essays continues to develop some of the principal research lines that both have been pursuing in recent years, most specifically the cultural turn in Translation Studies. Among topics discussed are Chinese and Western theories of translation, the limits of translatability, when is a translation not a translation, why cultures develop certain genres at certain times, what is the relationship between Translation Studies and Cultural Studies. Some essays are genre specific, focusing on theatre translation or the translating of poetry, others are devoted to specific case studies, and consider the fortunes of such major writers as Virgil or Brecht in English.

Written in the accessible, jargon-free style that characterises the work of Bassnett and Lefevere, this collection of essays will be invaluable to anyone interested in translation and comparative cultural studies.

Contents:

Introduction, where are we in translation studies? / André Lefevere and Susan Bassnett

Chinese and western thinking on translation / André Lefevere

When is a translation not a translation? / Susan Bassnett

Translation practice(s) and the circulation of cultural capital : some Aeneids in English / André Lefevere

Transplanting the seed : poetry and translation / Susan Bassnett

The gates of analogy : the Kalevala in English / André Lefevere

Still trapped in the labyrinth : further reflections on translation and theatre / Susan Bassnett

Acculturating Bertolt Brecht / André Lefevere

The translation turn in cultural studies / Susan Bassnett.

Notes:

Based on lectures given to students all over the world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853593532

1853593524

OCLC:

38107258