EAN: 9783631576427

TRANSLATION AND INTERCULTURALITY AFRICA AND THE...

This book reveals the heterogeneous image of translation using positive metaphors featuring
bridge building between languages and cultures  neutral ones such as translation finding place
in intercultures  but also controversial aspects of translation as a potential source of
conflict. The articles address a variety of topics  all connected with cultural challenges to
translation between Africa and the West discussing linguistic  political and ideological
aspects of translation  ranging from problems related to Bible translation to the position of
African postcolonial literature. The languages discussed range from North to South  from global
to local ones  varying from sacred terms to obscene language. Methodological approaches not
only cover linguistics  literary and translation studies  featuring especially skopos theory
and relevance theory  but also cultural studies and anthropology.

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