In the face of adversity : : translating difference and dissent / / edited by Thomas Nolden.

• Superior document: Literature and translation
• TeilnehmendeR: Nolden, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : UCL PRESS,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Literature and translation.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) :; illustrations.
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thomas Nolden.

In the Face of Adversity explores the dynamics of translating texts that articulate particular notions of adverse circumstances. The chapters illustrate how literary records of often painful experiences and dissenting voices are at risk of being stripped of their authenticity when not carefully handled by the translator; how cultural moments in which the translation of a text that would have otherwise fallen into oblivion instead gave rise to a translator who enabled its preservation while ultimately coming into their own as an author as a result; and how the difficulties the translator faces in intercultural or transnational constellations in which prejudice plays a role endangers projects meant to facilitate mutual understanding.