Author : Collectif
Release : 2021-07-02
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 007/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Translating the Postcolonial in Multilingual Contexts by : Collectif
Download or read book Translating the Postcolonial in Multilingual Contexts written by Collectif. This book was released on 2021-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays aims to contribute to scholarship already published in Translation Studies and Postcolonial Studies, endeavouring to question the traditional divide between these two academic strands and to bring them closer together in creative ways, across several geographical regions, linguistic contexts and historical circumstances. Moving away from a binary and dichotomous approach, the authors address these questions that link linguistic heterogeneity, postcolonial resistance and border identities. How does translation as a process operate across different linguistic and cultural spaces? How do translated selves negotiate meaning simultaneously across multiple linguistic borders? For the sake of cohesion, the geopolitical zones of translational contact have been limited to two colonial/European languages, namely French and English. The regional languages involved cover postcolonial, cultural spaces where Mauritian, Haitian, Reunionese and Louisianian Creole, Gikuyu, Wolof, Swahili and Arabic are spoken.