The Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference

by Lawrence Venuti

Book Overview

Translation is stigmatized as a form of writing, discouraged by copyright law, deprecated by the academy, exploited by publishers and corporations, governments and religious organizations.
Lawrence Venuti exposes what he refers to as the 'scandals of translation' by looking at the relationship between translation and those bodies - corporations, governments, religious organizations, publishers - who need the work of the translator yet marginalize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415169291
• ISBN13: 9780415169295
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"