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The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 49–66

Chapter 3
The translator’s biography and the politics of representation

The case of Soviet Russia

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Article outline
  • Earning the right to a biography
  • The translator’s biography in the postwar period: In Memoriam
  • The interpreter’s autobiography in post-Soviet Russia: Behind the scenes
  • The translator’s biography in the Putin era: A story of survival
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 14 February 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.139.03bae
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