Bassnett, Susan (2012) Translation studies at a cross-roads. Target, Volume 24 (Number 1). pp. 15-25. doi:10.1075/target.24.1.02bas ISSN 0924-1884.

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Abstract

This article is an account of the personal journey of one writer, from her first encounters in the 1970s with fellow scholars sharing an interest in translation and a sense of frustration at the anti-translation prejudices of many colleagues working in literature or linguistics at that time. The article traces the gradual rise of translation studies as an important field in its own right, but raises questions about the present state of the discipline, arguing that as translation studies has become more established, so it is failing to challenge orthodoxies and risks being left behind by the more innovative and exciting research now emerging from within world literature, postcolonialism, and cultural memory studies. I suggest that translation studies has reached a cross-roads and needs to reach out to other disciplines, taking advantage of what is being hailed by some as a translational turn within the humanities in general.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Target
Publisher:	John Benjamins Publishing Co.
ISSN:	0924-1884
Official Date:	2012
Dates:	Date Event 2012 Published
Volume:	Volume 24
Number:	Number 1
Page Range:	pp. 15-25
DOI:	10.1075/target.24.1.02bas
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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