La langue mondiale: traduction et domination
"Parmi les milliers de langues qui existent ou ont existé, il semble qu'il y en ait toujours eu une qui ait été plus « prestigieuse » que ses contemporaines. Le latin fut en ce sens une langue dominante jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle, le français en devint une à son tour jusqu'au XXe si…
This edited volume explores the role of (postcolonial) translation studies in addressing issues of the postcolony. It investigates the retention of the notion of postcolonial translation studies and whether one could reconsider or adapt the assumptions and methodologies of postc…
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Politics presents the first comprehensive, state of the art overview of the multiple ways in which 'politics' and 'translation' interact. Divided into four sections with thirty-three chapters written by a roster of international scholars…
The dark side of translation
"We tend to consider translation as something good, virtuous and bright, but it can also function as an instrument of concealment, silencing and misdirection-as something that darkens and obscures. Propaganda, misinformation, narratives of trauma and imagery of the enemy-to ment…
