Translation and cultural change : studies in history, norms, and image projection / edited by Eva Hung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hung, Eva.

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 61.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Language and culture.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History tells us that translation plays a part in the development of all cultures. Historical cases also show us repeatedly that translated works which had real social and cultural impact often bear little resemblance to the idealized concept of a 'good translation'. Since the perception and reception of translated works - as well as the translation norms which are established through contest and/or consensus - reflect the concerns, preferences and aspirations of their host cultures, they are never static or homogenous even within a given culture. This book is dedicated to exploring some of the factors in the interplay of culture and translation, with an emphasis on translation activities outside the Anglo-European tradition, particularly in China and Japan.

Contents:

Translation and Cultural Change

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Editor's preface

Acknowledgements

Note

Notes on Contributors

I. Translation as an agent for change

1. Enhancing cultural changes by means of fictitious translations

Notes

Works cited

2. Translation and cultural transformation

Introduction

Historical context

The Afrikaans bible translations

Epistemological traditions

Comparison of the proof texts

Proof texts for social consciousness

Conclusion

Acknowledgement

Works Cited

3. Cultural borderlands in China's translation history

Cultural borderlands: a definition

Geo-political borderlands

An institution-based borderland: Jesuit missionaries in China

A socio-political borderland: The case of Shanghai

The relationship between borderlands and the cultural centre

Appendix 1: Translators from the Western Region (1st-6th centuries)

II. Cultural perception and translation

4. Translating China to the American South

The origins of Baptists and their missionary impulse

Southern Baptist missions

This study's assumptions

General discoveries

Five major areas of missionary observation

5. Translating the concept of 'identity'

Part I: The Concept of Personal Identity

Part II: Translations in the literary context

6. Translation and national cultures

Assessment of the critics

The real issue

III. The Japanese experience

7. The reconceptionization of translation from Chinese in 18th-century Japan

The traditional encounter with Chinese texts

The ambiguous status of kambun kundoku

Ogyû Sorai: advocate of "real" translation

Works cited.

8. Translationese in Japan

Historical background

The current trend

A survey on translationese

9. The selection of texts for translation in postwar Japan

Theoretical framework

Japan's book industry

Bestsellers in the post-occupation period

Trend analysis and grounds for text selection

IV. Case studies from China

10. Translation in transition

New translation tools

Seven major trends

Variables in translation practice and teaching

Invariables in translation practice and teaching

11. On annotation in translation

Editor's note

The basic uses of annotation

A case study: translated fiction

A different context

Concluding remarks

Index

The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156762

9781282156760

1282156764

9789027294487

9027294488

OCLC:

85035571