Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications

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Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications

- 08 Feb 2022

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TL;DR: A visual tour of Introducing Translation Studies shows the role of the translator: visibility, ethics and sociology, as well as research and commentary projects.

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Video games and children's books in translation

Miguel Á

- 01 Jan 2009

TL;DR: This article proposes an initial polysystem where video games and children’s books can be studied for their creative value, and this is directly relevant to the degree of creativity and amount of research that the translation of these multimedia interactive entertainment software products for foreign locales require.

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Journal Article•10.1080/13556509.2017.1382662

The translator as an activist: reframing conflict in the Arabic translation of Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza

Barkuzar Dubbati, +1 more

- 03 Apr 2018

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TL;DR: This article examined the translator's paratextual influences in the Arabic translation of Sacco's graphic novel Footnotes in Gaza and found that the translator sees himself as an activist who has a mission to reframe his people's cause as a struggle for independence.

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Greek ‘cultural translation’ of Chaldean learning

Moonika Oll

- 01 Jul 2015

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a theoretical framework to understand how the "translatability" of the material from the perspective of the receiving culture influences its inclusion into the new "home repertoire" and determines the changes it undergoes as part of this process.

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Translating Socio-Cultural Plurilingualism: Articulating Affect

Anne Sophie Voyer

- 24 Feb 2020

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider Marco Micone's theatrical trilogy Gens du Silence (1982), Addolorata (1984) and Déjà l’agonie (1988), and their respective translations Voiceless People (1984), by Maurizia Binda, and Beyond the Ruins (1995) by Jill MacDougall, as a case study of plurilingual literature in translation, examining its sources, symptoms, challenges, and consequences.

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Book Chapter•10.4324/9781315692845-14

Stylistics and translation

Jean Boase-Beier

- 17 Mar 2011

TL;DR: The authors consider the role of style in the production of the translation and in its reception, and consider how a stylistically-aware translation might differ from one that takes less account of the nuances of style.