The people behind the words: Professional profiles and activity patterns of translators of Arabic literature into Hebrew (1896–2009)

Amit-Kochavi, Hannah

doi:10.1075/tis.5.1.03ami

Article published In:

Profession, Identity and Status: Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group: Part II: Questions of role and identity
Edited by Rakefet Sela-Sheffy and Miriam Shlesinger †
[Translation and Interpreting Studies 5:1] 2010
► pp. 41–58

The people behind the words

Professional profiles and activity patterns of translators of Arabic literature into Hebrew (1896–2009)

Hannah Amit-Kochavi

Drawing on recent sociological trends in Translation Studies, the present article describes the making of those translators who were active in the field of Arabic-Hebrew literary translation in Palestine (later Israel) and their special characteristics as a particular group of professionals. An attempt will be made to describe and explain the ethnic, educational, professional and ideological characteristics of this particular population and its activity patterns, with special attention to patterns of cooperation among its members.

Keywords: Arabic-Hebrew literary translation, translators, translator questionnaire, activity patterns

Published online: 28 April 2010

https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.5.1.03ami

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2012. Sanctions, Censure and Punitive Censorship: Some Targeted Hebrew Translations of Arabic Literature from 1961-1992. TTR 23:2 ► pp. 89 ff.

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