Words, images and performances in translation / edited by Rita Wilson, Brigid Maher.

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TextSeries: Continuum studies in translationPublication details: London : Continuum International Publishing, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781441172617
1441172610
1283380145
9781283380140
9781441117236
1441117237

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Words, Images and Performances in Translation.DDC classification:

418.02 22

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P306.2 .W67 2011eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Editor's Comment; List of Figures and Table; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Transforming Image and Text, Performing Translation; Chapter 1 Translating an Artwork: Words and Images in Brett Whiteley's Remembering Lao-Tse; Chapter 2 Biographical Resonances in the Translation Work of Florbela Espanca; Chapter 3 Mediating the Clash of Cultures through Translingual Narrative; Chapter 4 Theatre Translation for Performance: Conflict of Interests, Conflict of Cultures; Chapter 5 The Gull: Intercultural Noh as Webwork.

Chapter 6 The Journalist, the Translator, the Player and His Agent: Games of (Mis)Representation and (Mis)Translation in British Media Reports about Non-Anglophone Football PlayersChapter 7 Drawing Blood: Translation, Mediation and Conflict in Joe Sacco's Comics Journalism; Chapter 8 Silenced Images: The Case of Viva Zapatero!; Chapter 9 How Do 'Man' and 'Woman' Translate? Gender Images across Italian, British and American Print Ads; Chapter 10 Translating Place: The Piano from Screen to Tourist Brochure; Chapter 11 Bad-Talk: Media Piracy and 'Guerrilla' Translation; Index.

Summary: This volume presents fresh approaches to the role that translation in its many forms plays in enabling and mediating global cultural exchange. As modes of communication and textual production continue to evolve, the field of translation studies has an increasingly important role in exploring the ways in which words, images and performances are translated and reinterpreted in new socio-cultural contexts. The book includes an innovative mix of literary, cultural and intersemiotic perspectives and represents a wide range of languages and cultures. The contributions are all linked by a shared focu.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume presents fresh approaches to the role that translation in its many forms plays in enabling and mediating global cultural exchange. As modes of communication and textual production continue to evolve, the field of translation studies has an increasingly important role in exploring the ways in which words, images and performances are translated and reinterpreted in new socio-cultural contexts. The book includes an innovative mix of literary, cultural and intersemiotic perspectives and represents a wide range of languages and cultures. The contributions are all linked by a shared focu.

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