Making the 'invisible' visible? : reviewing translated works /
"This book examines the criteria against which translated works are assessed in the year 2022. It not only provides a novel cross-cultural insight into reviewing practices, assessing how translations are reviewed differently in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, but it also compares the wa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Peter Lang Publishing,
2024.
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| Series: | New trends in translation studies,
volume no 39 |
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| Summary: | "This book examines the criteria against which translated works are assessed in the year 2022. It not only provides a novel cross-cultural insight into reviewing practices, assessing how translations are reviewed differently in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, but it also compares the way in which reviewers for different platforms - from a popular platform open to reviews from the general public, through mainstream broadsheets and cultural supplements, to specialised literary magazines - assess translated works. The book takes its inspiration from The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation in which Lawrence Venuti examines the reviewing of translations and contends that fluency is the main criterion against which translations are read and assessed by reviewers, ultimately rendering the translator 'invisible'. The book therefore provides a timely and thorough update to Venuti's study and offers insights into the status of translation in book reviews"-- |
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| Physical Description: | pages cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781803740300 1803740302 |
| ISSN: | 1664-249X ; |