Creative Constraints
Translation and Authorship
$38.39
- Paperback
220 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2012
Summary
The essays in this volume address one of the central issues in literary translation, namely the relationship between the creative freedom enjoyed by the translator and the multiplicity of constraints to which translation is necessarily subject. The links between an author’s translation work and his or her own writing are likewise explored.Through a series of compelling case studies, this volume illustrates the parallel and overlapping discourses within the cognate areas of literary studies, c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921867897 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921867892 |
| Author: | Leah Gerber, Rita Wilson |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
| Series: | Linguistics |
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About The Author
Leah Gerber
Leah Gerber is Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Monash University. She has authored a number of articles in the area of children’s literary translation, and specialises in the translation of ‘Australianness’. She was Director of the 2011 Translated! Literary Translation Summer School and festival. Rita Wilson is Associate Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. Recent publications include Words, Images and Performances in Translation, co-edited with Brigid Maher (London and New York: Continuum, 2011), and several articles on the relationship between writing, (self-)translation and autobiography.
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