Gender in Translation
Published on 2. September 2003
206 pages
978-1-134-82086-3 (ISBN)
Description
Gender in Translation is a broad-ranging, imaginative and lively look at feminist issues surrounding translation studies. Students and teachers of translation studies, linguistics, gender studies and women's studies will find this unprecedented work invaluable and thought-provoking reading.
Sherry Simon argues that translation of feminist texts - with a view to promoting feminist perspectives - is a cultural intervention, seeking to create new cultural meanings and bring about social change. She takes a close look at specific issues which include: the history of feminist theories of language and translation studies; linguistic issues, including a critical examination of the work of Luce Irigaray; a look at women translators through history, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century; feminist translations of the Bible; an analysis of the ways in which French feminist texts such as De Beauvoir's The Second Sex have been translated into English.
Sherry Simon argues that translation of feminist texts - with a view to promoting feminist perspectives - is a cultural intervention, seeking to create new cultural meanings and bring about social change. She takes a close look at specific issues which include: the history of feminist theories of language and translation studies; linguistic issues, including a critical examination of the work of Luce Irigaray; a look at women translators through history, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century; feminist translations of the Bible; an analysis of the ways in which French feminist texts such as De Beauvoir's The Second Sex have been translated into English.
Reviews / Votes
'Sherry Simon's work is truly successful in that it provides a comprehensive introduction to translation practice, translation theory and translation history from a gender perspective.' - Target'This is a very fine book indeed ... written in a lucid and smooth style.' - Translation
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,65 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-82086-3 (9781134820863)
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Sherry Simon
Gender in Translation
Book
09/1996
1st Edition
Routledge
€205.80
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Content
Preface and acknowledgments, 1. Taking gendered positions in translation theory, 2. Creating new lines of transmission, 3. Missed connections: transporting Frenchfeminism to Anglo-America, 4. Corrective measures: the Bible in feminist frame, 5. Conclusion: revising the boundaries of culture and translation, Notes, Bibliography, Index
