Translation, translation, rewriting, and the manipulation of literary fame. Translating the news reframing constructed realities ali darwish central queensland university abstract with cable and satellite television networks spreading rapidly and competitively across the globe, news and current affairs television is increasingly becoming a primary source of information for viewers worldwide for both domestic and. Thus translators form a key nexus in the web of literary and extraliterary patronage which determine the reception and even the form of a translated text lefevere, 1992, in munday, 2001. Style, as expressed in the modalities of communication, is thus at the heart of the interpretative process. This is particularly the case in the translation of and adaptation of news translation that holds political ideology. Translating the news reframing constructed realities. A list of judicial and scholarly citations to these published works is available upon request. Translators function in a given culture at a given time. Lefevere 1992 maintains that all translations, whatever their intention, reflect a certain ideology. Andre alphons lefevere 1945 march 27, 1996 was a translation theorist. Then, in section 3 we will study the concepts proposed by lefevere 1992.
Translation, rewriting, and the manipulation of literary fame. A rereading of sacrifice to detect lao shes irony 31 untranslatability often presents itself as a challenge to literal translation. Sirin okyayuz 0 0 bilkent university, turkey in turkey, as in the case of other countries, due to developments in technology and the rise of the social translation sector, audiences have the opportunity to watch tv shows, including sitcoms, with turkish subtitles on a. The microfoundations of party competition and issue. The routledge encyclopedia of translation studies has been the standard reference in the field since it first appeared in 1998. Travel writing edited by peter hulme and tim youngs frontmatter. Lefevere, andre, 1992 translation, rewriting, and the manipulation.
In this historical sec tion, however, robinson traces common assumptions, held by theorists from rome through the nineteenth century, about how language. Patronage is a powerful agent who can intervene in translation such as editor or publisher. L48 1991 115dclo typeset in 10 on 12 pt sabon by photograpbics, honiton, devon 9021058 cip. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
As andre lefevere demonstrates in his seminal work in the field of translation studies, rewriting in all its forms plays a dominant role in the acceptance or rejection, canonization or noncanonization of literary works lefevere 1992. It was during the 1990s that the concern of research in translation studies moved from the textual to the cultural. Mar 04, 2009 the routledge encyclopedia of translation studies has been the standard reference in the field since it first appeared in 1998. They also wish to acknowledge advice or feedback from debra leiter, sergi pardosprado, romain lachat and markus wagner. However, from the perspective of intercultural communication, his rewriting strategies, presenting certain patterns, become valuable clues of. The greek junta 19671974 can be seen as the as the most recent black page of modern greek history. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. He had studied at the university of ghent 19641968 and then obtained his phd at the university of essex in 1972. Translation has largely been dismissed by the field of comparative literature as being considered a mere mediator and an unnecessary tool for the true comparatist. Retranslations of faulkners sanctuary in turkish literature. Introduction lucy mazdon abstract the cinematic remake has long been critically dismissed as little more than evidence of the commercial might and creative poverty of hollywood. Estate planning is private and essential, october 12, 1992.
In these cases, manipulation was exerted not only by the patron the editor otto frank, but also by the ideology of chauvinistic society that time and by personal. Later, lefevere developed the idea of translation as a form of rewriting, which. Translation, rewriting, and the manipulation of literary. Lefevere argues in his 1992 book, concerning the interaction between poetics, ideology and translation, on every level of the translation process, it can be shown that, if linguistic considerations enter into conflicts with considerations of an ideological andor poetological nature, the latter tend to win out lefevere 1992. He focused on four factors that govern the reception acceptance or refusal. Manipulation of ideological items in the audiovisual. But it is the comparatist who should master the languages in which the works to be compared are written. Andre lefevere london and new york first published 1992 by routledge 11. Hs003 manipulation and influencesin the translation of.
Lewis 264 the measure of translation effects 21 antoine berman 284 translation and the trials of the foreign translated by lawrence venuti 22 shoshana blumkulka 298. Ideology refers to norms and values that a particular society holds which also shape the translators ideas of what is acceptable and unacceptable. Agents of translation adopts a global outlook and includes essays from scholars working in argentina, australia, brazil, canada, finland, portugal, turkey and the uk about important agents of translation, who are, to a great extent, little known, from south america, asia, europe and africa. The routledge companion to translation studies jeremy. Andre lefevere ut college of liberal arts the university of texas. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. He sees people in power positions are the responsible ones for rewriting. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. A coursebook on translation by mona baker, translation studies by susan bassnett, the translation s. Arab world english journal awej special issue on translation no. A critical introduction and, together with andre lefevere, translation, history and culture.
Susan bassnett, university of warwick and edwin gentzler, university of massachusetts, amherst. Translation, rewriting, and the manipulation of literary fame book. Moreover, the analogy of literary translation as cultural ambassadorship helps to explain two crucial findings from the casestudy. Lin shus chinese translations of foreign novels at the turn of the twentieth century, contributing partly to the emergence of modern chinese languag. Waves of protest under the greek junta dimitris asimakoulas, lecturer in translation studies, centre for translation studies, the university of surrey, uk. Moreover, the analogy of literary translation as cultural ambassadorship helps to. Seven strategies and a blueprint and translation, rewriting and the manipulation of literary fame. Translating the news reframing constructed realities ali darwish central queensland university. They further acknowledge helpful feedback from seminar and conference participants at the university of oxford. European scientific journal march 2016 edition vol. Pdf andre lefevere translation history culture a soz lib. Translationhistoryculture translation studies general editors.
I will discuss my own experience as a translator and editor of translations in the context of the aforementioned tensions. Andre lefevere 19461996 is one of the worlds leading figures in translation studies. Planning a will necessary but sensitive topic, november 16, 1992. She is joint editor of the topics in translation series. Andre lefevere lefevere explores how the process of rewriting works of literature manipulates them to ideological and artistic ends, so that the rewritten text can be given a new, sometimes subversive, historical. In a global context, the english language reigns supreme with all its signifiers and modes of.
In recent decades, following the cultural turn, scholars have come to study translation from a cultural and comparative. These topics are presented as new by the general editors of the series to which this book belongs, in a rather programmatic way. While it would be foolish to deny the commercial imperatives which surround the remake, it is a far more complex process than these accounts would have us believe. Guest editor said faiq professor of intercultural studies and translation american university of sharjah uae. He is also the editor of linternationalite litteraire 1988 and mites australians 1990 and the co editor of les formations en traduction et interpretation. Society for translation studies was formed in vienna in 1992, multinational links were being forged between scholars. Considering the issue from a linguistic perspective, fairclough 1989 maintains that language is the primary domain of ideology. Manipulation of ideological items in the audiovisual translation of voicedover documentaries in the arab world. Dec 16, 2017 lin shus chinese translations of foreign novels at the turn of the twentieth century, contributing partly to the emergence of modern chinese language and literature, have been criticized for their unfaithfulness and rewriting of the source texts.
When he died of acute leukemia, he was professor of germanic studies at the university of texas at austin. Uncovering political ideology in the translation of news. The recent interest in the relation between translation and ideology led to the following project based on a comparative analysis among the italian short novel for children pinocchio and its three translations english, russian and turkish to highlight how the translation choices are determined by a specific cultural background and ruling power. Arranged thematically around the main topics which recur over the centuries power, poetics, universe of discourse, language, education it contains texts previously unavailable in english, and translated here for the first time from classical, medieval, and. Lefevere, andre, 1992 translation, rewriting, and the manipulation of literary fame, routledge, london, england. This anthology, the editor states in the preface, presents a selection of texts on translation in a thematic arrangement, in order to highlight the important topics that p. He argues that rewritings and these can include translation proper. Text, system and refraction in a theory of literature 19 william frawley 250 prolegomenon to a theory of translation 20 philip e. Lefevere 1992 looks at translation as a rewriting of the original text. The most important and productive statements on the translation of literature from roman times to the 1920s are collected in this book. Researching the translation of chinese political discourse. Postcolonial translation theory and practice edited by susan bassnett and harish trivedi london and new york. Despite the disagreement about the reasons for rewriting, it is possible to agree on its purpose. Lefevere, andre, 1992 translation, rewriting, and the.
Postcolonial translation theory and practice edited by. The manifestation of ideology in a literary translation. Christina schaffner is reader in german and translation studies, and. Her books include translation studies, comparative literature. Manipulative strategies in the translations of literary texts. Notes on contributors vii texts from and into arabic, english, and french, including writings by althusser, riffaterre, ricoeur, said and matar. These topics are presented as new by the general editors of the series to which this book.
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