Translation, Adaptation and Transformation
Published on 7. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4725-3129-2 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years adaptation studies has established itself as a discipline in its own right, separate from translation studies. The bulk of its activity to date has been restricted to literature and film departments, focussing on questions of textual transfer and adaptation of text to film. It is however, much more interdisciplinary, and is not simply a case of transferring content from one medium to another. This collection furthers the research into exactly what the act of adaptation involves and whether it differs from other acts of textual rewriting.
In addition, the 'cultural turn' in translation studies has prompted many scholars to consider adaptation as a form of inter-semiotic translation. But what does this mean, and how can we best theorize it? What are the semiotic systems that underlie translation and adaptation? Containing theoretical chapters and personal accounts of actual adaptions and translations, this is an original contribution to translation and adaptation studies which will appeal to researchers and graduate students.
In addition, the 'cultural turn' in translation studies has prompted many scholars to consider adaptation as a form of inter-semiotic translation. But what does this mean, and how can we best theorize it? What are the semiotic systems that underlie translation and adaptation? Containing theoretical chapters and personal accounts of actual adaptions and translations, this is an original contribution to translation and adaptation studies which will appeal to researchers and graduate students.
Reviews / Votes
[Translation, Adaptation and Transformation] offers a range of thoughtful chapters on various moments where translation and adaptation come together ... [T]he richness of the material here makes Raw's collection an important contribution to the ever-expanding field. * mTm: A Translation Journal * 'This valuable collection offers a thorough and engaging overview of the intersection between adaptation studies and translation studies. For too long the two fields have existed at an artificial distance from each other and Laurence Raw's carefully compiled collection of essays demonstrates the dialogue that is beginning to occur between the two fields. The resulting collection is a refreshing and urgent contribution to scholarship that should be essential reading for those working in the academic areas of adaptation and translation - and beyond.' -- Richard J. Hand, founding co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, and Professor of Theatre and Media Drama, University of Glamorgan, UKMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-3129-2 (9781472531292)
DOI
CBID182557
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Laurence Raw teaches Adaptation Studies and Literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Education, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Content
Contributors
Preface Piotr Kuhiwczak
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Identifying Common Ground Laurence Raw
1. Adaptation and Appropriation: Is there a Limit? Hugo Vandal-Sirois and Georges L. Bastin
2. Translation and Adaptation - Two Sides of an Ideological Coin Katja Krebs
3. The Authenticity in "Adaptation": A Theoretical Perspective from Translation Studies Cynthia Tsui
4. Translation and Rewriting: Don't Translators 'Adapt', When They 'Translate'? Joao Azenha and Marcelo Moreira
5. Adapting, Translating, and Transforming: Cultural Mediation in Ping Chong's Deshima and Pojagi Tanfer Emin Tunc
6.Shakespeare's Christian Dimension in China's Theatre - to Translate, or Not to Translate? Jenny Wong
7."Tradaptation" Dans le Sens Quebecois: A Word for the Future Susan Knutson
8. Waltz with Bashir as a Case of Multidimensional Translation Ayelet Kohn and Rachel Weissbrod
9. The Paradoxes of Textual Fidelity: Translation and Intertitles in Victor Sjoestroem's Silent Film Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Terje Vigen Eirik Frisvold Hanssen and Anna Sofia Rossholm
10. Les Liaisons Dangeureuses a l'anglais: examining traces of 'European-ness' in Cruel Intentions, Dangerous Liaisons, and Valmont Sarah Artt
11. Turnips or Sweet Potatoes Kate Eaton
12. The Mind's Ear: Imagination, Emotions and Ideas in the Intersemiotic Transposition of Housman's Poetry to Song Mike Ingham
13. Cultural Adaptation and Translation: Some Thoughts about Chinese students Studying in a British University Ruth Cherrington
Bibliography
Index
Preface Piotr Kuhiwczak
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Identifying Common Ground Laurence Raw
1. Adaptation and Appropriation: Is there a Limit? Hugo Vandal-Sirois and Georges L. Bastin
2. Translation and Adaptation - Two Sides of an Ideological Coin Katja Krebs
3. The Authenticity in "Adaptation": A Theoretical Perspective from Translation Studies Cynthia Tsui
4. Translation and Rewriting: Don't Translators 'Adapt', When They 'Translate'? Joao Azenha and Marcelo Moreira
5. Adapting, Translating, and Transforming: Cultural Mediation in Ping Chong's Deshima and Pojagi Tanfer Emin Tunc
6.Shakespeare's Christian Dimension in China's Theatre - to Translate, or Not to Translate? Jenny Wong
7."Tradaptation" Dans le Sens Quebecois: A Word for the Future Susan Knutson
8. Waltz with Bashir as a Case of Multidimensional Translation Ayelet Kohn and Rachel Weissbrod
9. The Paradoxes of Textual Fidelity: Translation and Intertitles in Victor Sjoestroem's Silent Film Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Terje Vigen Eirik Frisvold Hanssen and Anna Sofia Rossholm
10. Les Liaisons Dangeureuses a l'anglais: examining traces of 'European-ness' in Cruel Intentions, Dangerous Liaisons, and Valmont Sarah Artt
11. Turnips or Sweet Potatoes Kate Eaton
12. The Mind's Ear: Imagination, Emotions and Ideas in the Intersemiotic Transposition of Housman's Poetry to Song Mike Ingham
13. Cultural Adaptation and Translation: Some Thoughts about Chinese students Studying in a British University Ruth Cherrington
Bibliography
Index