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Between sociology and history: Method in context and in practice

  • Daniel Simeoni✝
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Constructing a Sociology of Translation
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Abstract

The recent emergence of a sociological outlook in translation studies seems to have been the result of a convergence of factors. It developed both in translation studies proper, in the wake of the DTS model of inquiry and also, in sociological circles, on account of a new interest for the space occupied by translations in the literary field. At the same time, this configuration of interests has taken place without much attention being paid to the uneasy relationships between sociologists and historians since the end of the nineteenth century. The first part of this paper is an attempt to locate the interdisciplinary space where a sociotranslation studies could establish itself. The second section outlines a historical case study in which sociological concepts contribute a particular interpretation of a typically subaltern figure in the history of translations in Europe: the first complete play by Shakespeare translated in Italian, Giulio Cesare (1756), by Domenico Valentini. Together, the two sections will allow some insights about the issue of method in socio-historical case studies.

Abstract

The recent emergence of a sociological outlook in translation studies seems to have been the result of a convergence of factors. It developed both in translation studies proper, in the wake of the DTS model of inquiry and also, in sociological circles, on account of a new interest for the space occupied by translations in the literary field. At the same time, this configuration of interests has taken place without much attention being paid to the uneasy relationships between sociologists and historians since the end of the nineteenth century. The first part of this paper is an attempt to locate the interdisciplinary space where a sociotranslation studies could establish itself. The second section outlines a historical case study in which sociological concepts contribute a particular interpretation of a typically subaltern figure in the history of translations in Europe: the first complete play by Shakespeare translated in Italian, Giulio Cesare (1756), by Domenico Valentini. Together, the two sections will allow some insights about the issue of method in socio-historical case studies.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction: The emergence of a sociology of translation 1
  4. Part I. The debate on the translator's position in an emerging sociology of translation
  5. Priests, princes and pariahs: Constructing the professional field of translation 39
  6. Translation, irritation and resonance 57
  7. Part II. Bourdieu's influence in conceptualising a sociology of translation
  8. Objectivation, réflexivité et traduction: Pour une re-lecture bourdieusienne de la traduction 79
  9. Outline for a sociology of translation: Current issues and future prospects 93
  10. The location of the 'translation field': Negotiating borderlines between Pierre Bourdieu and Homi Bhabha 109
  11. Part III. Mapping the field: Issues of method and translation practice
  12. Locating systems and individuals in translation studies 123
  13. Translations 'in the making' 135
  14. Bridge concepts in translation sociology 171
  15. Part IV. Constructing a sociology of translation studies: Overview and perspectives
  16. Between sociology and history: Method in context and in practice 187
  17. Y a-t-il place pour une socio-traductologie? 205
  18. Notes on contributors 219
  19. Author index 223
  20. Subject index 225
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.74.14sim

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction: The emergence of a sociology of translation 1
  4. Part I. The debate on the translator's position in an emerging sociology of translation
  5. Priests, princes and pariahs: Constructing the professional field of translation 39
  6. Translation, irritation and resonance 57
  7. Part II. Bourdieu's influence in conceptualising a sociology of translation
  8. Objectivation, réflexivité et traduction: Pour une re-lecture bourdieusienne de la traduction 79
  9. Outline for a sociology of translation: Current issues and future prospects 93
  10. The location of the 'translation field': Negotiating borderlines between Pierre Bourdieu and Homi Bhabha 109
  11. Part III. Mapping the field: Issues of method and translation practice
  12. Locating systems and individuals in translation studies 123
  13. Translations 'in the making' 135
  14. Bridge concepts in translation sociology 171
  15. Part IV. Constructing a sociology of translation studies: Overview and perspectives
  16. Between sociology and history: Method in context and in practice 187
  17. Y a-t-il place pour une socio-traductologie? 205
  18. Notes on contributors 219
  19. Author index 223
  20. Subject index 225
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