The translator as mediator of cultures / edited by Humphrey Tonkin, Maria Esposito Frank.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tonkin, Humphrey.

Esposito Frank, Maria.

Series:

Studies in world language problems ; 3.

Studies in world language problems, 1572-1183 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.

Translating and interpreting.

Intercultural communication.

Language and culture.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

x, 201 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If it is bilingualism that transfers information and ideas from culture to culture, it is the translator who systematizes and generalizes this process. The translator serves as a mediator of cultures. In this collection of essays, based on a conference held at the University of Hartford, a group of individuals - professional translators, linguists, and literary scholars - exchange their views on translation and its power to influence literary traditions and to shape cultural and economic identities. The authors explore the implications of their views on the theory and craft of translation, both written and oral, in an era of unsettling globalizing forces.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: Between temples and templates: history's claims on the translator / Probal Dasgupta

Part I. Translation and reconciliation: 1. Translation as reconciliation: A conversation about politics, translation, and multilingualism in South Africa / Antjie Krog, Rosalind C. Morris, and Humphrey Tonkin

2. Interpreting at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY): Linguistic and cultural challenges / Nancy Schweda Nicholson

3. Translating and interpreting sign language: Mediating the DEAF-WORLD / Timothy Reagan

4. Translators in a global community / Jonathan Pool

Part II. Translation and negotiation: 5. The treason of translation? Bilingualism, linguistic borders and identity / John Edwards

6. The poetics of experience: Toward a pragmatic understanding of experience, practice, and translation / Vincent Colapietro

Part III. Translation and the interpretation of texts: 7. Translation and the rediscovery of the multinational Central European / Thomas Cooper

8. Transcriação / Transcreation: The Brazilian concrete poets and translation / K. David Jackson

9. Expression and translation of philosophy: Giorgio Colli, a master of time / Marie-José Tramuta

10. The semantics of invention: Translation into Esperanto / Humphrey Tonkin

Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612721656

9781282721654

1282721658

9789027288059

9027288054

OCLC:

819896612