Untranslatability

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Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

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Untranslatability is a pioneering volume that explores the concept of untranslatability through diverse interdisciplinary perspectives within translation studies. The book is divided into two parts: the first delves into untranslatability as a theoretical and philosophical idea, while the second presents case studies across various literary forms including poetry, philosophy, song lyrics, memoir, and scripture. A concluding chapter addresses practical challenges posed by untranslatability in real-world settings. This work is essential for graduate students and researchers in translation studies, comparative literature, gender studies, and philosophy of language.
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This book is ideal for advanced students and scholars interested in translation theory, comparative literature, and language philosophy. It will also appeal to those researching gender studies and literary analysis through the lens of untranslatability.

This volume explores the notion of untranslatability from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives and its implications within the broader context of translation studies. The book goes beyond traditional comparisons of target texts and their sources to investigate the myriad ways in which untranslatability is conceptualized and

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This volume is the first of its kind to explore the notion of untranslatability from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives and its implications within the broader context of translation studies. Featuring contributions from both leading authorities and emerging scholars in the field, the book looks to go beyond traditional comparisons of target texts and their sources to more rigorously investigate the myriad ways in which the term untranslatability is both conceptualised and applied.

The first half of the volume focuses on untranslatability as a theoretical or philosophical construct, both to ground and extend the term’s conceptual remit. The second half is composed of case studies in which the term is applied and contextualised in a diverse set of literary text types and genres, including poetry, philosophical works, song lyrics, memoir, and scripture. A final chapter examines untranslatability in the real world and the challenges it brings in practical contexts.

Extending the conversation in this burgeoning contemporary debate, this volume is key reading for graduate students and researchers in translation studies, comparative literature, gender studies, and philosophy of language.

The editors are grateful to the University of East Anglia Faculty of Arts and Humanities, who supported the book with a publication grant.

Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

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ISBN: 9780367587192

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Duncan Large
Edited by Motoko Akashi
Edited by Wanda Józwikowska
Edited by Emily Rose

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 228

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies

About the Author

Duncan Large is Professor of European Literature and Translation at the University of East Anglia, and Academic Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation. His philosophy translations are published by OUP and Continuum; he is also joint General Editor of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Motoko Akashi completed her MA in Applied Translation Studies at the University of East Anglia in 2013 and is currently completing a PhD in Translation Studies there. Her research focuses on the phenomenon of celebrity translators, and asks how their existence problematises our understanding of translator visibility.

Wanda Józwikowska completed her PhD in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2016, with a dissertation on "Polish-Jewish Fiction Before the Second World War: A Testing Ground for Polysystem Theory." She is currently working for SDI Media, a Warsaw-based localising company.

Emily Rose finished her PhD in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2018. Her thesis explores the translation of trans identity from English, French and Spanish. Her work has been included in Queer in Translation (Routledge, 2017) and a special issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly (November 2016).

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