The essay addresses a wide range of theoretical and practical issues regarding the role of language translation in intercultural interactions, and calls, for greater recognition of the significance of that role. It illustrates how language can serve simultaneously as an instrument of power in processes of colonization and as a means of intercultural mediation. It also provides examples of how translation, and the role of translators in particular, can be particularly important where the source and target languages are s far apart as the source and target cultures.
Theory and Practice of Translation Between East and West. The Location of Some Cultural Issues.
DENTE, CARLA
2013-01-01
Abstract
The essay addresses a wide range of theoretical and practical issues regarding the role of language translation in intercultural interactions, and calls, for greater recognition of the significance of that role. It illustrates how language can serve simultaneously as an instrument of power in processes of colonization and as a means of intercultural mediation. It also provides examples of how translation, and the role of translators in particular, can be particularly important where the source and target languages are s far apart as the source and target cultures.File in questo prodotto:
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