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The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 273–296

Chapter 16
Official facts and fictions

The Canada Council’s discourse on literary translation (1972–2015)

Article outline
  • Liminary remarks
  • On translation policy
  • Objectives, hypotheses, methodology
  • The Canada Council for the Arts: National and international translation programs
  • The dialectics of official fact and fiction 1: The national translation program
  • The dialectics of fact and fiction 2: The international translation program
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 14 February 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.139.16lan
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