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8 February 2010
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Constructing a Sociology of Translation
2007. vi, 226 pp.
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978 90 272 1682 3 / EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
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The view of translation as a socially regulated activity has opened up a broad field of research in the last few years. This volume deals with central questions of the new domain and aims to contribute to the conceptualisation of a general sociology of translation. Interdisciplinary in approach, it discusses the role of major representatives of sociology like Pierre Bourdieu, Bruno Latour, Bernard Lahire, Anthony Giddens or Niklas Luhmann in establishing a theoretical framework for a sociology of translation. Drawing on methodologies from sociology and integrating them into translation studies, the book questions some of the established categories in this discipline and calls for a redefinition of long-assumed principles. The contributions show the social involvement of translation in various fields and focus especially on the translator’s position in an emerging sociology of translation, Bourdieu’s influence in conceptualising this new sub-discipline, methodological questions and a sociologically oriented meta-discussion of translation studies.
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“Nothing easier than the translational deconstruction of closed social identities. Nothing harder, however, than to reconstruct the social spaces in which translators might actually do this. This book presents 9 voyages to the hidden plateaux of cultural intermediaries. The points of departure and conclusion are very different, the degrees of adventure are diverse, but together they help us map out a new and much-needed sociology, beyond closed societies.”
Anthony Pym, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
“This book is a valuable contribution to the emerging field of the sociology of translation. The thorough introduction by Michaela Wolf situates the book within past and present Translation Studies, and the contributions offer stimulating ideas of routes to explore further in the future. Recommended reading for anyone interested in the social aspects of translating.”
“The domain of “translation as a social practice” has been under construction for the last three decades. With this book, the outlines of a sociology of translation are finally beginning to come into view.”
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Translation & Interpreting Studies