| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge advances in translation studies ; 13 |
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Routledge advances in translation studies ; 13.
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| Contents |
1. Language, identity, and translation : between the Bible and the Qur'an -- 2. Translation and foreign relations : between tradition and modernity -- 3. Translating Fanon in Socialist Tanzania : between the wretched and the damned -- 4. Translation post-9/11 -- 5. Translating the law : reflections of a linguistic activist |
| Summary |
"This book is the first full-length examination of the cultural politics at work in the act of translation in East Africa, providing close critical analyses of a variety of texts that demonstrate the myriad connections between translation and larger socio-political forces. Looking specifically at texts translated into Swahili, the book builds on the notion that translation is not just a linguistic process, but also a complex interaction between culture, history, and politics, and charts this evolution of the translation process in East Africa from the pre-colonial to colonial to post-colonial periods. It uses textual examples, including the Bible, the Qur'an, and Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, from five different domains religious, political, legal, journalistic, and literary and grounds them in their specific socio-political and historical contexts to highlight the importance of context in the translation process and to unpack the complex relationships between both global and local forces that infuse these translated texts with an identity all their own. This book provides a comprehensive portrait of the multivalent nature of the act of translation in the East African experience and serves as a key resource for students and researchers in translation studies, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, African studies, and comparative literature"--Publisher's webpage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 7, 2016) |
| Subject |
Translating and interpreting -- Political aspects -- Africa, East
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Translating and interpreting -- Political aspects
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Africa, East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317233183 |
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1317233182 |
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1317233190 |
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9781317233190 |
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9781317233176 |
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1317233174 |
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