Type of Publication: Edited collection
Author/Editor: Jeremy MUNDAY
Year of publication: 2007
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Place of Publication & Publisher: London/New York: Continuum
Publisher URL: http://www.iatis.org/content/pubs/yearbook/2006.php
ISBN/ISSN: ISBN (paperback): 978–08264–9520–4
Price and ordering information: http://www.iatis.org/content/pubs/yearbook/2006.php
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Publication blurb: 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.
This new collection edited by Jeremy Munday, includes contributions by Carol Maier, Brian Mossop, Rita Kothari, Liu Yameng, Jef Verschueren, Basil Hatim, Rosemary Moeketsi, Joana Drugan and Francesca Billiani.