What is cultural translation?. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah Maitland.
• Authors: Maitland, Sarah
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction The urgency of cultural translation; Cultural translation: The story so far; What's 'wrong' with cultural translation?; Towards a definition of cultural translation; 1 Interpretation: Translation and the quest for understanding; The symbol gives rise to thought; Memes as cultural translations; Translation, language and being; Understanding (as) the human condition; My definition of cultural translation; 2 Distanciation: Translation and the space-time continuum; Semantic autonomy; Freedom from authorial intention Freedom from historical contextAction autonomy; From distanciation to appropriation; 3 Incorporation: Objects in translation appear closer than...; What is appropriation?; Mapping the 'other'; Appropriation as containment; Translation as the exercise of sovereign authority; 4 Transformation: Translation as revolution; Translation as transformation; Translation as renovation; Translation as revolution; 5 Emancipation: Translation as a critique of ideology; A hermeneutics of trust and suspicion; 'Read' thyself; Holding a mirror up to nature; Saving us from ourselves Self-.knowledge through interpretationTranslating ideology back to itself; Conclusion: Cultural translation: Saving us from ourselves?; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 418.02; Philosophy of language; Translating and interpreting; Language and culture; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling; Language and culture; Translating and interpreting; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Translating & Interpreting; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Translation & interpretation; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472530912; 1472530918
• Related ISBNs: 9781472526274
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 12, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.