Beyond the Original by Marilia Johnk - ISBN: 9783837671254
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AI translation’s failures reveal new perspectives on literature and language.
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Beyond the Original

Translation as Experiment

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    222 pages

  • Release Date

    22 June 2026

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Summary

Can DeepL and ChatGPT translate Shakespeare? The recent developments in AI present a timely opportunity to look at the concept of literary translation anew. The contributors to this volume delve into the playful and performative nature of translations that embrace ambiguity, confusion, and even failure. In doing so, they go beyond the conventional view of translation as a reproduction of the original. Highlighting translations that faced criticism or went unnoticed, the contributors offer a n…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9783837671254
ISBN-10:3837671259
Author:Marilia Johnk
Publisher:Transcript Verlag
Imprint:Transcript Verlag
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:222
Release Date:22 June 2026
Weight:468g
Dimensions:23mm x 15mm
Series:Literality and Liminality
About The Author

Marilia Johnk

Marília Jöhnk ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Sie promovierte in romanistischer Literaturwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin im Rahmen des DFG-Graduiertenkolleg »Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte kleiner Formen«. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf den romanischen Literaturen (Lateinamerika, Frankreich, Spanien, Portugal), Mehrsprachigkeit, Postkolonialismus und Genderstudies.

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