The location of the 'translation field': Negotiating borderlines between Pierre Bourdieu and Homi Bhabha

Wolf, Michaela

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“…There are two ways of viewing a translation field. Some scholars argue, when observing translation practice, that 'a translation field' is often subject to external political and economic forces, making it more heteronomous than autonomous (Wolf 2007). In addition, considering the position of most translators as freelancers and the lack of institutionalization of 'the field of translation', its temporary nature is manifested.…”

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“…He even suggests the term 'Translator Studies' to position the translator-focused research trend at the time, and to describe and group these translator/interpreter priority researches (Chesterman 2009: 13). Wolf (2006Wolf ( , 2007 questions the sufficiency of Bourdieu's approach, but notes that more and more researchers relating to translation studies have started to 'go social' (Wolf 2010), looking at translation from a broader societal perspective.…”

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Translation and Fantasy Literature in Taiwan

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2013

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2013

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“…Wolf (2007b) further lays out her challenging objections to translation paradigms after Bourdieu. Engagement with these in detail must be, unfortunately, the subject of another article.…”

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Cultural capital in intercultural theatre

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2013

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In 2006, the Dublin-based theatre company Pan Pan went to China to produce a Mandarin version of J.M. Synge's canonical Irish play The Playboy of the Western World. Director Gavin Quinn chose to set the adaptation in a hairdresser/ massage parlour/brothel, on the outskirts of Beijing. He originally wanted the protagonist to hail from Xin-Jiang, China's troubled Sinomuslim province. In interview, he said he was advised against this for fear of Chinese state censorship. However, the Chinese translators, Yue Sun and Zhaohui Wang, suggest that the decision not to represent a Muslim protagonist had to do with ethnic sensitivities. In order to analyse this conflict, this article draws on translation sociology after Bourdieu, clarifying the functioning of the habitus, and formulating a global field of cultural production. It argues that analysis of intercultural processes focused on cultural capital can provide materially engaged insights into the power relations informing given intercultural situations.

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“…I have shown elsewhere (Wolf 2007) that due to fundamental differences between the functional mechanisms operating in the production processes of "source" and "target texts" it seems problematic to reconstruct a "translation field" in Bourdieu's sense; this claim is also closely connected with the translatorial habitus. Daniel Simeoni argues that over the centuries the translatorial habitus has contributed to the internalization of a submissive behaviour, thus generating low social prestige for translators.…”

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“…As I have discussed elsewhere (Wolf 2007), the translation field, like any other social field, evolves gradually through the efforts and stakes of its agents and participating institutions. But in the specific translation context, these efforts aren't seeking sustained relationships and the relatively weak structures stem from the ephemeral character of their bonds.…”

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“Prompt, at any time of the day…”: the Emerging Translatorial Habitus in the Late Habsburg Monarchy

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2014

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As one of the key notions in French sociology, habitus has also lately conquered the field of translation studies, at least from the perspective of a sociologically-oriented view of translation. In this paper I will critically highlight the main factors responsible for the term’s potential for translation purposes. Within the discussion of its adoption in translation studies, I will test the enduring claim of the translator’s submissiveness allegedly related to the translatorial habitus. On the basis of a case study on the private (commercial) translation sector in the late Habsburg Monarchy, I will focus on three aspects to substantiate my assumption that towards the end of the nineteenth century, the commercial translators’ activity was already characterized by explicit emancipating processes, mostly driven by the struggle for recognition in the field: the initially weak structure of the field; the habitus as a product of the relation between its collective and individual history; the conditions triggering the dynamism of the translator’s habitus. I will attempt to develop a differentiated view on the habitus concept, challenging traditional discussions of its informative value.Faisant partie des concepts clés de la sociologie française, la notion d’habitus a conquis le domaine de la traductologie, du moins dans le cadre de la sociologie de la traduction. Le présent article vise à mettre en évidence, de façon critique, les principaux facteurs expliquant le potentiel du concept d’habitus en traductologie. Discutant de son adoption au sein de la traductologie, notre objectif est remettre en question l’allégation constante de l’état de soumission du traducteur prétendument lié à l’habitus traductionnel. Se fondant sur une étude de cas portant sur la traduction en pratique privée (professionnelle) dans le contexte de la fin de la Monarchie des Habsbourg, notre étude se concentre sur trois aspects appuyant l’hypothèse selon laquelle, vers la fin du xixe siècle, la traduction professionnelle se caractérisait par un processus d’émancipation explicite, essentiellement motivé par un combat visant à la reconnaissance de cette activité : la faiblesse structurelle initiale du domaine ; l’habitus en tant que produit de la relation entre les histoires collective et individuelles ; les conditions stimulant le dynamisme de l’habitus du traducteur. Nous proposons une vision originale du concept d’habitus qui remet en cause les propos habituellement tenus sur sa valeur informative

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The location of the 'translation field': Negotiating borderlines between Pierre Bourdieu and Homi Bhabha

Cited by 36 publications

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Translation and Fantasy Literature in Taiwan

Translation and Fantasy Literature in Taiwan

Cultural capital in intercultural theatre

“Prompt, at any time of the day…”: the Emerging Translatorial Habitus in the Late Habsburg Monarchy

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