Chapter 21. Translation and North America
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María Constanza Guzmán
Abstract
In this entry of the Atlas we discuss the experience of translation in the territories known as Canada and the United States. Our starting point to study the relationships between translation and these territories is a critical reframing. After establishing the conceptual and methodological ground for our discussion, we present translation in these two North American countries as an ongoing historical experience from various perspectives including colonization, nation-building, imperialism, border and migration, and intellectual and literary life. We address the similarities and differences between Canada and the United States as they relate to specific historical processes. We then discuss translation’s scholarly narratives as they have emerged and circulated in North America, and close with a reflection on some future implications of our proposed reframing – an attempt to provincialize North America – for translation studies as a program.
Abstract
In this entry of the Atlas we discuss the experience of translation in the territories known as Canada and the United States. Our starting point to study the relationships between translation and these territories is a critical reframing. After establishing the conceptual and methodological ground for our discussion, we present translation in these two North American countries as an ongoing historical experience from various perspectives including colonization, nation-building, imperialism, border and migration, and intellectual and literary life. We address the similarities and differences between Canada and the United States as they relate to specific historical processes. We then discuss translation’s scholarly narratives as they have emerged and circulated in North America, and close with a reflection on some future implications of our proposed reframing – an attempt to provincialize North America – for translation studies as a program.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface 1
- Chapter 1. Translating in the Pacific 13
- Chapter 2. Recent tradition in Australia 39
- Chapter 3. Japanese conceptualizations of ‘translation’ 55
- Chapter 4. Contemporary views of translation in China 81
- Chapter 5. From plagiarism to incense sticks 105
- Chapter 6. More or less “translation” 125
- Chapter 7. The Persian tradition 149
- Chapter 8. The notion of translation in the Arab world 169
- Chapter 9. Traditions of translation in Hebrew culture 193
- Chapter 10. Altaic tradition 215
- Chapter 11. Translation tradition throughout South African history 243
- Chapter 12. Translation traditions in Angola 271
- Chapter 13. The culture(s) of translation in Russia 287
- Chapter 14. The concept of translation in Slavic cultures 309
- Chapter 15. The Greek-speaking tradition 323
- Chapter 16. Latin/Romance tradition 341
- Chapter 17. Germanic tradition 355
- Chapter 18. Hispanic South America 375
- Chapter 19. The history of translation in Brazil through the centuries 395
- Chapter 20. Translation in Central America and Mexico 419
- Chapter 21. Translation and North America 443
- Postface 465
- Bio-notes 471
- Index of languages, people, toponyms 481
- Name index 485
- Subject index 491
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface 1
- Chapter 1. Translating in the Pacific 13
- Chapter 2. Recent tradition in Australia 39
- Chapter 3. Japanese conceptualizations of ‘translation’ 55
- Chapter 4. Contemporary views of translation in China 81
- Chapter 5. From plagiarism to incense sticks 105
- Chapter 6. More or less “translation” 125
- Chapter 7. The Persian tradition 149
- Chapter 8. The notion of translation in the Arab world 169
- Chapter 9. Traditions of translation in Hebrew culture 193
- Chapter 10. Altaic tradition 215
- Chapter 11. Translation tradition throughout South African history 243
- Chapter 12. Translation traditions in Angola 271
- Chapter 13. The culture(s) of translation in Russia 287
- Chapter 14. The concept of translation in Slavic cultures 309
- Chapter 15. The Greek-speaking tradition 323
- Chapter 16. Latin/Romance tradition 341
- Chapter 17. Germanic tradition 355
- Chapter 18. Hispanic South America 375
- Chapter 19. The history of translation in Brazil through the centuries 395
- Chapter 20. Translation in Central America and Mexico 419
- Chapter 21. Translation and North America 443
- Postface 465
- Bio-notes 471
- Index of languages, people, toponyms 481
- Name index 485
- Subject index 491