Translation and Empire

A volume in the "Translation Theories Explained" series edited by Anthony Pym.

An introduction to the major texts and ideas of postcolonial translation theorists, especially Vicente Rafael, Contracting Colonialism, Eric Cheyfitz, The Poetics of Imperialism, and Tejaswini Niranjana, Siting Translation. Written in an accessible style for teachers and students; contains a glossary...

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A volume in the "Translation Theories Explained" series edited by Anthony Pym.

An introduction to the major texts and ideas of postcolonial translation theorists, especially Vicente Rafael, Contracting Colonialism, Eric Cheyfitz, The Poetics of Imperialism, and Tejaswini Niranjana, Siting Translation. Written in an accessible style for teachers and students; contains a glossary of key terms.

1. Postcolonial Studies, Translation Studies
Translation and empire
What does postcolonial mean?
The rise of postcolonial theory
Hegemony, subjectification and interpellation
Language, place and self
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1. Postcolonial Studies, Translation Studies
Translation and empire
What does postcolonial mean?
The rise of postcolonial theory
Hegemony, subjectification and interpellation
Language, place and self
Beyond nationalism: migrant and border cultures
2. Power Differentials
Translating across power differentials
1. Disproportionate transaltions
2. 'Inscrutable' texts
3. Stereotypes
4. Writing for translation
Theorizing across power differentials
3. Translation as empire: The Theoretical Record
Emperors and displaced populations
The sublimation of empire: Cicero and Horace
Translatio Imperii et Studii
Taking the original captive
Translation and empire
4. Translation and the Impact of Colonialism
Eric Cheyfitz and the colonization of the New World
Repression and heirarchy
Projection
Eloquence and dialogue
Property
Centre and periphery
Niranjana and the British interpellation of India
Rafael and the Spanish conversion of the Tagalogs
The hierarchy of languages
Confession
5. Resistance, Redirection, and Retranslation
Tejaswini Niranjana and retranslation
Vicente Rafael and mistranslation
Samia Mehrez and Metisses
6. Criticism
Glossary
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