Speaking like a Spanish Cow: Cultural Errors in Translation
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| Verlag | ibidem |
| Auflage | 2019 |
| Seiten | 368 |
| Format | 15,5 x 1,9 x 21,5 cm |
| Taschenbuch | |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 3838212568 |
| EAN | 9783838212562 |
| Bestell-Nr | 83821256M |
What is a cultural error? What causes it? What are the consequences of such an error? This volume enables the reader to identify cultural errors and to understand how they are produced. Sometimes they come about because of the gap between the source culture and the target culture, on other occasions they are the result of the cultural inadequacies of the translator, or perhaps the ambiguity arises because of errors in the reception of the translated text. The meta-translational problem of the cultural error is explored in great detail in this book. The authors address the fundamental theoretical issues that underpin the term. The essays examine a variety of topics ranging from the deliberate political manipulation of cultural sources in Russia to the colonial translations at the heart of Edward FitzGerald's famous translation The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Adopting a resolutely transdisciplinary approach, the seventeen contributors to this volume come from a variety of academic ba ckgrounds in music, art, literature, and linguistics. They provide an innovative reading of a key term in translation studies today.
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"It was pleasantly surprising to read in the collection studies on peripheral cultures and languages, such as Persian, but it was equally disheartening to find a lack of representation of Asian languages, which would have made exceptional study cases of cultural errors. This of course, in no way, diminishes the contribution that the volume offers in the field of translation studies. Comparatists and cross-cultural studies enthusiasts, like myself, will also find the book especially relevant in an academic world where the death of comparative literature has been predicted more than once. While books like this one do not deny the prophecy, they do show that perhaps the discipline is not doomed to disappear but is making a return in a different form."-Laura L. Velazquez, TranscUlturAl, vol. 12.2 (2020)