Translation as Intervention

Book Overview

This book examines the role of translation as a politically and socially active phenomenon which moulds and potentially alters the outcome of many types of communicative event. The contributors examine the effect of translation and intervention in a range of situations and case studies including the European Union, marginalized literature in India, Arabic historical texts and interpretation in the South African courtroom. The result is a comprehensive examination of this key question in translation studies: to what extent and in which ways does the translator, and those involved in the translation process, intervene in the discourse he or she translates?

Translation as Intervention is a fascinating collection of essays discussing this most central of topics in translation studies. It will be of interest to postgraduates and academics researching in this area.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826495192
• ISBN13: 9780826495198
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"