Transfiction: Characters in Search of Translation Studies

Caragh Barry, Irem Ayan, Marella Feltrin-Morris, Marko Miletich, Sheela Mahadevan and Yan Wu

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Abstract: This book explores the uses of translation, translators, and interpreters in fiction as a gateway to introduce issues related to Translation Studies. The volume follows recent scholarship on Transfiction, a term used to describe the portrayal of translation (both a topic and a motif), as well as translators and interpreters in fiction and film. It expands on the research by Kalus Kaindl, Karleheinz Splitzl, Michael Cronin, and Rosemary Arrojo, among others. Although the volume reflects the preoccupation with translator visibility, it concentrates on the importance of power struggles within the translatorial task. The volume could be an invaluable tool to be used for pedagogical purposes to discuss theoretical aspects within Translation and Interpreting Studies.

Keywords: court interpreting; ethics; fiction; gender; interpreter; intimacy; (in)visibility; subversion; transcreation; Transfiction; translator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024 Written 2023-09-12
Edition: 1
ISBN: 978-1-64889-790-0
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