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Author Bassnett, Susan, author

Title Constructing cultures : essays on literary translation / Susan Bassnett and André Lefevere
Published Clevedon ; Philadelphia : Multilingual Matters, [1998]
©1998
©1998

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Description xxii, 143 pages ; 22 cm
Series Topics in translation ; 11
Topics in translation ; 11
Contents Preface / Susan Bassnett -- Foreword / Edwin Gentzler -- Introduction : where are we in translation studies? / André Lefevere and Susan Bassnett -- 1. Chinese and western thinking on translation / André Lefevere -- 2. When is a translation not a translation? / Susan Bassnett -- 3. Translation practice(s) and the circulation of cultural capital : some Aeneids in English / André Lefevere -- 4. Transplanting the seed : poetry and translation / Susan Bassnett -- 5. The gates of analogy : the Kalevala in English / André Lefevere -- 6. Still trapped in the labyrinth : further reflections on translation and theatre / Susan Bassnett -- 7. Acculturating Bertolt Brecht / André Lefevere -- 8. The translation turn in cultural studies / Susan Bassnett
Summary This collection brings together two international figures in the discipline of translation studies. The essays cover a range of fields, and combine theory with practical case studies involving the translation of literary texts
Notes Based on lectures given to students all over the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Translating and interpreting.
Author Lefevere, André, author
LC no. 97047653
ISBN 1853593524 (paperback: alk. paper)
1853593532 (hbk : alk. paper)
9781853593529