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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784905103321

Titolo

The translator as mediator of cultures [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Humphrey Tonkin, Maria Esposito Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010

ISBN

1-282-72165-8

9786612721656

90-272-8805-4

Descrizione fisica

x, 201 p

Collana

Studies in world language problems, , 1572-1183 ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

TonkinHumphrey

Esposito FrankMaria

Disciplina

418/.02

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - Social aspects

Intercultural communication

Language and culture

Multiculturalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction: Between temples and templates: history's claims on the translator / Probal Dasgupta -- Part I. Translation and reconciliation: 1. Translation as reconciliation: A conversation about politics, translation, and multilingualism in South Africa / Antjie Krog, Rosalind C. Morris, and Humphrey Tonkin -- 2. Interpreting at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY): Linguistic and cultural challenges / Nancy Schweda Nicholson -- 3. Translating and interpreting sign language: Mediating the DEAF-WORLD / Timothy Reagan -- 4. Translators in a global community / Jonathan Pool -- Part II. Translation and negotiation: 5. The treason of translation? Bilingualism, linguistic borders and identity / John Edwards -- 6. The poetics of experience: Toward a pragmatic understanding of experience, practice, and translation / Vincent Colapietro -- Part III. Translation and the interpretation of texts: 7. Translation and the rediscovery of the multinational Central European / Thomas Cooper -- 8. Transcriação / Transcreation: The Brazilian concrete poets and translation / K. David Jackson -- 9. Expression and translation of



philosophy: Giorgio Colli, a master of time / Marie-José Tramuta -- 10. The semantics of invention: Translation into Esperanto / Humphrey Tonkin -- Contributors.