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The Known Unknowns of Translation Studies
Edited by Elke Brems, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer
[Target 24:1] 2012
► pp. 126–140

The city in translation

Urban cultures of central Europe

| Concordia University
In the spirit of the ‘enlargement’ of the field proposed by Tymoczko (2007), this article argues for the city as an object of translation studies. All cities are multilingual, but for some language relations have particularly intense historical and cultural significance. Translation studies can illuminate the nature and effects of these interactions. The cities of Central Europe and in particular Czernowitz offer rich case studies. A thorough investigation of translational culture between 1880 and 1939 can help to provide a nuanced understanding of the nature of literary relations which prevailed before the violence of World War II.
Keywords: Translation Studies, cities, Central Europe, Czernowitz, Celan, Manger
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: The translational city
  • 2.Patterns of circulation: the dual city
  • 3.Cities of Central Europe
  • 4.Czernowitz
  • 5.Culture of mediation
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 7 September 2012
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