Positionalities of Translation Studies : On the Situatedness of Translation Research.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elsherif, Garda, editor.

Sobesto, Joanna, editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Bloomsbury advances in translation.

Bloomsbury advances in translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Research.

Translating and interpreting.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

Explores historical, cultural, linguistic, technological and institutional influences on Translation Studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Positionalities of and self-reflexivity in translation studies / Garda Elsherif and Joanna Sobesto

Reflections on the positionalities of translation studies. Feminist positionalities in translation studies / Hilary Brown and Gabriela Saldanha

Translating humans? Anthropocentrism and the linguistic borders of the social world / Tomasz Rozmysłowicz

Positionality of the Chinese school of translation studies: academic nationalism and experiential knowledge / Ye Tian

A French-speaking translation studies area: under influence? / Yves Gambier

Writing the histories of translation studies. "This is not a translators' union": the Vereniging Nederandse Vertalingen (1932-1950) and the Dutch translation scene in the pre-Holmes era / Gaëtan Regniers

Translation studies in Iran: practice, training and research / Farzaneh Farahzad

Volodymyr Derzhavyn: an erased translation scholar of the late 1920s-early 1930s / Oleksandr Kalnychenko

Positionalities as a methodological challenge. Managing positionality: reflexivity as a key to robust research in translation studies / Sari Hokkanen and Kaisa Koskinen

Necessity/validity/viability/positionality: a comprehensive survey of literary translation in Uruguay within a transnational framework / Lucía Campanella, Rosario Lázaro Igoa, Cecilia Torres Rippa and Leticia Hornos Weisz

Research for the Earth. Research for the Earth: a conversation / Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Garda Elsherif and Joanna Sobesto.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-44790-0

1-350-44788-9

OCLC:

1513424108