Lieven D’hulst

Kaisa Koskinen

Translating in Town uncovers administrative and cultural multilingualism and translation practices in multilingual European communities during the long 19th century. Challenging the traditional narrative of nationalist, monolingual language ideologies, this book focuses instead upon translation policies which aimed to accommodate complex language situations with new democratic principles at local levels. Covering a time-frame from 1785 to 1914, chapters investigate towns and cities in the heartland of Europe, such as Barcelona, Milan and Vienna, as well as those on its outer rim, including Nicosia, Cork and Tampere. Highlighting the conflicts and negotiations that took place between official language(s), local language(s) and translation, the book explores the impact on both represented and non-represented monolingual and multilingual citizens. In so doing, Translating in Town highlights the subtle compromises obtained between official monolingualism, multilingualism and translation, and between competing views on official and private translation and transfer techniques, during this fascinating era of European history.

Local Translation Policies During the European 19th Century

Translating in Town

Yves Gambier

A History of Modern Translation Knowledge is the first attempt to map the coming into being of modern thinking about translation. It breaks with the well-established tradition of viewing history through the reductive lens of schools, theories, turns or interdisciplinary exchanges. It also challenges the artificial distinction between past and present and it sustains that the latter’s historical roots go back far beyond the 1970s. Translation Studies is but part of a broader set of discourses on translation we propose to label “translation knowledge”. This book concentrates on seven processes that make up the history of modern translation knowledge: generating, mapping, internationalising, historicising, analysing, disseminating and applying knowledge. All processes are covered by 58 domain experts and allocated over 55 chapters, with cross-references. This book is indispensable reading for advanced Master- and PhD-students in Translation Studies who need background information on the history of their field, with relevance for Europe, the Americas and large parts of Asia. It will also interest students and scholars working in cultural and social history.

Sources, concepts, effects

A History of Modern Translation Knowledge

Michael Schreiber

Carol O’Sullivan

The contributions in this book are partly based on papers given at the 7th congress of the European Society for Translation Studies, held at the University of Mainz in Germersheim. For this publication, all papers have undergone a review process. In order to illustrate the variety of contents and approaches involved in the concepts of translation policy and politics, the chapters are organised thematically rather than chronologically. The objective in doing so was to show how policies influence a wide array of discursive practices. The first group of articles is concerned with the policy of translating and interpreting in power settings. A second group deals with translation policies as applied to a wide corpus of literary texts. A third group is devoted to the policies of media translation.

Politics, Policy and Power in Translation History

Chris Van de Poel

Alles verandert altijd is een onmisbaar instrument voor de literair vertaler in opleiding en de beginnende en gevorderde professional bij het vertalen in en uit het Nederlands. Voor het eerst worden hier alle belangrijke aspecten van het literair vertalen helder en bevattelijk samengebracht: de zakelijke en financiële aspecten, de basiskennis en vaardigheden die deze activiteit veronderstelt, de algemene kernbegrippen en uitdagingen, het vertalen van de traditionele literaire genres, maar ook van kinder- en jeugdliteratuur, literaire non-fictie en filosofie, en de ‘nazorg’ in de vorm van revisie, marketing en promotie. Het boek is een initiatief van het Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen (ELV), en bevat bijdragen van 23 vertaalexperts (wetenschappers, opleiders en vertalers), onder eindredactie van Lieven D’hulst en Chris Van de Poel. Beiden zijn lid van het wetenschappelijk comité van het ELV, een partnerschap van de Taalunie, de KU Leuven en de Universiteit Utrecht, in samenwerking met het Nederlands Letterenfonds en het Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren. Met bijdragen van Erik Bindervoet, Henri Bloemen, Paul Claes, Harm Damsma, Goedele De Sterck, Nicolette Hoekmeijer, Jeanne Holierhoek, Onno Kosters, Stella Linn, Niek Miedema, Janny Middelbeek-Oortgiesen, Philippe Noble, Jelle Noorman, Franco Paris, Désirée Schyns, Carlo Van Baelen, Laura van Campenhout, Jeroen Vandaele, Chris Van de Poel, Barber van de Pol, Luk Van Haute, Fedde van Santen, Ine Willems.

J C Stearns

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