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The medieval translator : Traduire au Moyen Age - Lost in Translation?
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Whitehead, Christiania and Renevey, D., eds. (2010) The medieval translator : Traduire au Moyen Age - Lost in Translation? Belgium: Brepols. ISBN 9782503531397
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Abstract
The contributions to this volume are organised in a way that bear out the vitality of translation activity in the medieval period and the resourcefulness of modern scholarship in addressing the phenomenon of translation at large. No other period relies so heavily on this literary process to construct its cultural identity. Translations from Latin into the vernacular, or from one vernacular into another, or even from a vernacular into the Latin language, are just a few of the many forms medieval translation can take. The codification of the translation process as appropriation, transformation, or accommodation does not sufficiently emphasize the overarching curiosity and interest that motivates any translation activity. Rather, preceding the stages of appropriation and re-interpretation, it is positive inquisitiveness and openness towards linguistic and cultural difference that generate the production of a new text and the transference of culture from one sphere to another. Translation practice creates a dialogic exchange between cultures, it recognises difference and diversity, both linguistic and cultural, yet it also shapes its new product for the use of an audience or readership that is concurrently aware of the reciprocal need to participate in that exchange, in order to improve its own culture. It is that positive inquisitiveness which this volume emphasizes.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Brepols | ||||
Place of Publication: | Belgium | ||||
ISBN: | 9782503531397 | ||||
Editor: | Whitehead, Christiania and Renevey, D. | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 382 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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