Overview
This book offers a range of analyses of the multiplicity of opinions and ideologies attached to rendering, in familiar or unfamiliar voices, languages known as non-standard varieties. The contributions include theoretical reflections, case studies and comparative studies that draw from the full spectrum of translation strategies adopted in rendering non-standard varieties and reflect the endless possibilities of language variation. The strength of the volume lies in the wide range of languages discussed, from Arabic to Turkish and from Italian to Catalan, as well as in its variety of complementary and contrastive methodologies. The contributions reveal the importance of exploring further issues in translating local voices. Discussing dialects and marginal voices in translation, the contributors encourage and challenge the reader to reflect on what is standard and non-standard, acceptable and unacceptable, thereby overturning accepted principles and challenging familiar practices.
Full Product Details
Author: Jorge Díaz Cintas ,
Federico Federici
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition: New edition
Volume: 6
Weight: 0.350kg
ISBN: 9783034301787
ISBN 10: 3034301782
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 25 August 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Federico M. Federici has assembled an exceptional assortment of experts to reflect on the challenges of translating dialect and minority languages. From Federici's meticulous overview of both the geo- and sociolinguistic status of 'languages without a flag' and their translational implications, to Anissa Daoudi's insights of the translation of what she terms 'e-Arabic' within contemporary Arabic literature to Susanne Ghassempur's lively account of German solutions to the swearwords in Roddy Doyle's 'The Commitments', this book sheds light on both the nature of minority languages and their translation. This volume significantly develops scholarship in translation studies. (Professor Delia Chiaro, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Italy)
Author Information
Federico M. Federici is Director of the MA in Translation Studies at Durham University, UK. His publications reflect ongoing research projects covering the ideology of translation, reception of Italian texts and audiovisuals in translation, and training of culturally aware translators. He is author of Translation as Stylistic Evolution: Italo Calvino Creative Translator of Raymond Queneau (2009) and editor of Translating Regionalized Voices in Audiovisuals (2009); he also co-edited (with Nigel Armstrong) Translating Voices, Translating Regions (2006).
