Lost in (mis)translation? English take on Korean novel has critics up in arms Claire Armitstead A row over Han Kang’s award-winning novella The Vegetarian highlights the unavoidable difficulties of importing a novel from a very different language – but literal translation too often results in poor books. Another week, another round in what I shall henceforth refer to as Han […]
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Translating Popular Fiction Embracing Otherness in Japanese Translations by Kayoko Nohara About this book: Translating from English to Japanese poses particular challenges for the translator, arising from the significant linguistic and cultural differences between the two languages. This book explores the various options and techniques available to and used by translators when translating from English to Japanese. The work is […]
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Ellingworth, Paul. “On this rock I will build”… My Synagogue? Translating Ekklēsia in the New Testament. 219 – 226. doi.org/10.1177/2051677017728566 Coffman, Kristofer Dale. Translating Khmer Second Person Pronouns: Respect, Relations, and Social Conventions in the Gospel of John. 227-237. doi.org/10.1177/2051677017740419 Kogon, Emmanuel K. Passivization Transformation in the New Gun Bible Translation: The Translation of “It was allowed” in Rev 13.5, […]
» Read moreCall for paper for the special issue Translaboration: Exploring Collaboration in Translation and Translation in Collaboration in Target Alexa, Alfer & Cornelia Zwischenberger (eds.) (2020), vol 32 (2) of Target For more details, please click here.
» Read moreFunding Opportunity The Regional Committee are pleased to announce a recent initiative whereby Routledge and IATIS will co-fund two regional workshops each academic year. A maximum of £750 is available for each workshop. Workshop organizers are expected to source further funding from local funding bodies and organizations to meet the total cost of the workshop if required. Applications will be […]
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