Research Catalog

Title

Telling the story of translation : writers who translate / Judith Woodsworth.

Author

Woodsworth, Judith

Publication

• London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Description

xi, 230 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Translation as a form of re-writing or creation is widely studied. Scholars have long highlighted the links between translating and (re)writing, elaborating a theoretical discourse that increasingly blurs the line between so-called "original" works and translations viewed as "imitations." Less emphasis has been placed on the work of writers who translate, and the ways in which they conceptualize, or even fictionalize, the task of translation. This book fills that gap. It explores the shifting relations between author and translator and the evolution of the translator's voice and visibility, scrutinizing translation through a new lens that serves to elevate its status rather than perpetuating the long-held view of translation as a secondary art. Each case is interesting in itself because of the new material analysed and the conclusions reached. Cultures worldwide have recognized the supremacy of original authorship and the pre-eminence of original texts over translations. In contrast to writers, who tend to live public lives and often achieve recognition as singular geniuses, translators have largely remained in the shadows. Yet it is also true that there have continued to be authors who, like Chaucer, have included translation among their creative activities. Such writers have, to varying degrees, integrated translation practice and reflections on translation into their body of writing, raising complex questions of linguistic identity and cultural affiliation.

Series Statement

Bloomsbury advances in translation

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury advances in translation.

Alternative Title

Writers who translate

Subject

• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
• Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
• Auster, Paul, 1947-
• Translating and interpreting > History
• Self-translation
• Authorship
• Translating and interpreting
• Schriftsteller
• Übersetzer
• Übersetzung
• Eigenübersetzung

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-217) and index.

Contents

Introduction : 'One more possession of beauty' -- Lost masterpieces : Bernard Shaw and translation -- Gertrude Stein and the making of translations -- Paul Auster : the writer and his double -- Epilogue : what is translation for?

Call Number

JFE 18-5073

ISBN

• 9781474277082
• 147427708X

LCCN

• 2016058377
• 40027410216

OCLC

954271055

Author

Woodsworth, Judith, author.

Title

Telling the story of translation : writers who translate / Judith Woodsworth.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury advances in translation

Bloomsbury advances in translation.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-217) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40027410216

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5073