Introduction: On the social and cultural in translation studies

Pym, Anthony

doi:10.1075/btl.67.02pym

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“…This article draws upon recent debates on the role of an emergent sociology of translation within the broader context of translation studies (Pym 2006;Simeoni 2007;Wolf and Fukari 2007;Wolf 2009) and embraces the concept of translation as a socially-driven process. Sociology of translation, a research area that is "still in the making" (Wolf 2007), analyzes the implications of translation as a social practice which integrates textual and extra-textual analyses.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Italy’s other Mafia

Caliendo¹

2012

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Following its translation into more than thirty languages, Roberto Saviano's non-fiction novel Gomorrah [Gomorra], has unveiled to a vast number of readers across the globe the endless saga of Naples' crime syndicate, the Camorra (from which the book's title derives its bitter play on words). Literary critics and reviewers in the UK and in the U.S. have widely acclaimed Saviano's talent in depicting the corruption plaguing Naples' gloomy and degraded hinterland, although the sociocultural context portrayed in Gomorrah is naturally distant from the repertoire of the target culture: the text is widely populated by culturebound concepts and implicit meanings, which further complicates the translation process. Through a contrastive analysis of the Italian and English versions of the exposé, this study explores the strategies employed in translating the voices and deeds of Naples' mobsters, as well as the socioeconomic setting of the Camorra. With reference to types of non-equivalence between the two language versions, this article investigates to what extent the English translation contributes to the identity-building process of the Camorra as a separate and far more deadly criminal organization vis-à-vis the Sicilian Mafia.

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confidence: 99%

Italy’s other Mafia

Caliendo¹

2012

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“…The paper argues that translation researchers refrain from becoming a perfectionist who "attempts to account for all the relevant variables of a real-life situation" involved in a translation act [6]. In other words, the kinds of hypotheses, models, and theories proposed in Translation Studies "concern tendencies rather than mechanical causeand-effect" [16]. Understanding this is essential to exploring meaning and context, the central notions of translation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Translation Studies as an Interdiscipline: Plurality of Research Approaches

Dai¹

2017

Proceedings of the 2016 3rd International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-Cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2016

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Abstract-This study aims at examining the plurality of research approaches to Translation Studies given its interdisciplinarity. By comparing the four principal research approaches categorized by Chesterman -textual, cognitive, sociological and cultural-this paper critically reflects upon the properties of each approach, concluding that the maturity and stability of a research approach to Translation Studies is concomitant with their ad-hoc disciplinary perspectives. This research is therefore original by exhorting that translation researchers refrain from becoming a perfectionist who attempts to account for all the relevant variables of a real-life situation involved in a translation act. Instead, the kinds of hypotheses, models, and theories proposed in Translation Studies concern tendencies rather than mechanical cause-andeffect and appropriate research approaches should be selected according to a specific research nature, question and object. Understanding this is essential to exploring meaning and context, the central notions of translation.

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“…Translation has hence been argued to be a 'situated practice' (Risku, 2002) and 'a unique, one-off process rooted in specific situations and cultures' (Risku, 2002: 524) in which translators act as mediators (Pym, 2006). These strands of overlapping analysis point to the fact that processes of interlingual translation involve translators in making decisions between alternative linguistic frameworks of understanding and meaning.…”

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confidence: 99%