Cultural Encounters in Translation from Arabic /

Cultural Encounters in Translation from Arabic / / ed. by Said Faiq.

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Translation is intercultural communication in its purest form. Its power in forming and/or deforming cultural identities has only recently been acknowledged, given the attention it deserves. The chapters in this unique volume assess translation from Arabic into other languages from different perspec...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Abdul-Raof, Hussein,
Amit-Kochavi, Hannah,
Carbonell, Ovidi,
Faiq, Said,
Holt, Mike,
Jacquemond, Richard,
Leeuwen, Richard van,
Muhawi, Ibrahim,
Rooke, Tetz,
Sara, Solomon I.,
HerausgeberIn:
Faiq, Said,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Topics in Translation
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Physical Description:1 online resource (152 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Chapter 1. The Cultural Encounter in Translating from Arabic
  • Chapter 2. The Cultural Context of Translating Arabic Literature
  • Chapter 3. Exoticism, Identity and Representation in Western Translation from Arabic
  • Chapter 4. Autobiography, Modernity and Translation
  • Chapter 5. Integrating Arab Culture into Israeli Identity through Literary Translations from Arabic into Hebrew
  • Chapter 6. Translating Islamist Discourse
  • Chapter 7. On Translating Oral Style in Palestinian Folktales
  • CHAPTER 8. The Qur’an: Limits of Translatability
  • Chapter 9. Translating Native Arabic Linguistic Terminology
  • Chapter 10. Towards an Economy and Poetics of Translation from and into Arabic
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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