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The Landscapes Through Which We Travelled, Scott Abbott Dec 2012

The Landscapes Through Which We Travelled, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

A translation of an homage to Austrian author Peter Handke on his 70th Birthday


Voyage By Dugout Or The Play Of The Film Of The War, By Peter Handke, Scott Abbott Apr 2012

Voyage By Dugout Or The Play Of The Film Of The War, By Peter Handke, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Translating “Big Words”: Anglophone Translation And Reception Of Ahmadou Kourouma’S Novel Allah N’Est Pas Obligé, Vivan Steemers Dec 2011

The Effect Of Translating “Big Words”: Anglophone Translation And Reception Of Ahmadou Kourouma’S Novel Allah N’Est Pas Obligé, Vivan Steemers

Vivan Steemers

The inter-European language translator of post-independence African novels often faces considerably more challenges than the average literary translator. Many Anglophone and Francophone African novelists attempt to “decolonize” the colonial discourse, by resorting to a “subverted” version of the Europhone language: they tailor it to African reality and base it on the syntax, the lexicon, and the rhythm of their indigenous language. The translator of these texts tends to “normalize” the linguistic innovations of the source text, thus creating a smoother reading experience for the target audience. This paper examines Frank Wynne’s translation into English of Allah n’est pas obligé, and …


Flash Cards: Poems By Yu Jian, Tr. Wang Ping And Ron Padgett, Wang Ping Dec 2011

Flash Cards: Poems By Yu Jian, Tr. Wang Ping And Ron Padgett, Wang Ping

Wang Ping

No abstract provided.


World Literature As A Communal Apartment: Semyon Lipkin’S Ethics Of Translational Difference, Rebecca Gould Dec 2011

World Literature As A Communal Apartment: Semyon Lipkin’S Ethics Of Translational Difference, Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould

No abstract provided.