Creative Constraints

Name: Creative Constraints
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SKU: 9781921867897
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Translation and Authorship

Series: Linguistics

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This volume explores the intricate balance between the creative freedom of translators and the inevitable constraints they face. Through compelling case studies, it reveals how translation intersects with literary studies and creative writing, presenting translation as a creative act and creative writing as influenced by translation processes. Featuring translations of contemporary French, Spanish, and German texts, the book offers valuable insight into the creative work of translators alongside authors.
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Ideal for specialists in Translation Studies, as well as readers interested in literary theory, creative writing, and comparative literature.

The essays in this volume address one of the central issues in literary translation, namely the relationship between the creative freedom enjoyed by the translator and the multiplicity of constraints to which translation is necessarily subject. The links between an author's translation work and his or her own writing are likewise explored. Through

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Through a series of compelling case studies, this volume illustrates the parallel and overlapping discourses within the cognate areas of Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Translation Studies, which together propose a view of translation as (a form of) creative writing and creative writing as being shaped by translation processes.

The translations of selected contemporary French, Spanish and German texts offer readers some insight into how the translators' work mirrors and complements that of the creative writer. The combination of theory and practice it presents, make this volume appealing not just to specialists in Translation Studies, but also to a wider public.

Creative Constraints is both an insightful and practical resource for those interested in the interplay between translation and creative writing.

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ISBN: 9781921867897

Publisher: Monash University Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: Monash University Publishing

Contributors:

Edited by Leah Gerber
Edited by Rita Wilson

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 220

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Linguistics

About the Author

Leah Gerber is a Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Monash University. She has authored a number of articles in the area of childrens literary translation, specialising in the translation of "Australianness". She was the Director of the 2011 Translated! Literary Translation Summer School and festival. Rita Wilson is Associate Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. Recent publications include Words, Images and Performances in Translation, co-edited with Brigid Maher, (London and New York: Continuum, 2011) and several articles on the relationship between writing, (self-)translation and autobiography.

Creative Constraints