Overview

The linguistically innovative aspect of Francophone African literature has been recognized and studied from a variety of angles over recent decades, yet little attention has been paid to what happens to such literature when it is translated into another language. Taking as its corpus all sub-Saharan Francophone African texts that have ever been published in English, this book explores the ways in which translators approach innovative features such as African-language borrowings, neologisms and other deliberate manipulations of French, depictions of sociolinguistic variation, and a variety of types of wordplay. The implications of their translation decisions are drawn out with reference to the broader significances that are often accorded to postcolonial literature, and earlier critics' calls for a decolonized translation practice are explored from both a practical and theoretical angle. These findings are used to push towards a detailed investigation of the postcolonial turn in translation studies, drawing on the work of key postcolonial theorists such has Homi K. Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. This is a timely and incisive critical assessment of contemporary discourses on the ethics and politics of translation.

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Author:   Kathryn Batchelor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781138173026

ISBN 10:   1138173029
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   27 July 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Decolonizing Translation: Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Francophone African Novels and Their Translation into English Corpus Boundaries - African - Genre Translation into English - Index Translationum - PEN/IRL Report on the International Situation of Literary Translation Presence on the UK/US Book Markets Themes of Translated Novels Style in Translated Novels Linguistic Innovation: Creativity or Corruption? Linguistic Innovation in an African context 2. Linguistic Diversity and Polyglossia References to Polyglossia in the Corpus Texts Depicting Polyglossia and Linguistic Diversity 3. Visible Traces and Traces within Traces Interpreting the Significance of Visible Traces Translation of Visible Traces - Simplification of Orthography - Alterations to Typography - Eliminations of Visible Traces - Relocation of Glosses and Addition of Further Explanatory Material - Omission of Glosses Traces within Traces Summary 4. Basilectal and Mesolectal French Novels Set in the Colonial Era: français petit nègre - Pidgin-for-pidgin (or Pseudo-pidgin for Pseudo-pidgin) Approaches - Rendering petit nègre Using Inaccurate English - Retaining French - From Depiction to Description - Evaluation of Translation Approaches to petit nègre Basilectal French in Post-Independence Novels - Rendering Basilectal Orthographical Variation with Orthographical Corruption in English - Rendering Basilectal Variation in Standard English - Retaining the French of the Original - Summary of Translation Approaches to Basilectal French in Post-Independence Novels Depicting Children's Language - Translating Isolated Basilectal Expressions - Re-creating Idiosyncratic Basilectal Styles Mesolectal French - Semantic Neologisms - Borrowing - Calqued Expressions - Derivation - Grammatical and Paralinguistic Variations Summary 5. Relexification Composition Derivation Hypostasis Calquing 6. Onomastics and Wordplay Onomastics Wordplay 7. Towards a Decolonized Translation Practice Translating Visible Traces Translating Relexification Translating Onomastics and Wordplay Basilectal and Mesolectal Features, or, Tranlsating Dialect Decolonized Translation Practice: Some Conclusions 8. Exploring the Postcolonial Turn in Translation Theory Berman, Venuti, Spivak: Ethical Translation, Erotic Translation and the Problem of Effect Spaces Between and Intercultures Further Applications of Bhabhian Theory Bibliography Index

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