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Translation in Society
Vol. 2:2 (2023) ► pp.235–252

Translation and mountaineering, a first case study

Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith between collaborative translation and cordée féminine

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This article argues for a dialogue between translation and mountaineering studies and provides examples of how the two could successfully interact. It contributes to literary translator studies and translation history by bringing to the fore the careers of translators and mountaineers Janet Adam Smith and Nea Morin and by establishing links between their collaborative translation and cordée féminine, arguing that they played an active role as agents of both the literary and the mountaineering fields. Moreover, it provides instances of how the awareness of translation processes can expand and deepen the analysis of gendered dynamics in mountaineering non-fiction. Finally, it shows how mountaineering studies can benefit from translation studies in order to become more aware of its dissemination processes and international dynamics, and how translation studies can benefit from mountaineering studies to more fully comprehend and capture the depth of its involvement, dependence, and interaction with the non-literary world.
Keywords: translation history, collaborative translation, translator studies, gender studies, mountaineering literature, women mountaineers, life-writing, Annapurna, cordée féminine , feminist translation studies
Article outline
  • Mountaineering and literature
  • Collaborative translation and cordée féminine
  • Introducing Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith
  • The Annapurna example
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 30 May 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tris.22016.sar
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