1st Edition
Trajectories of Translation The Thermodynamics of Semiosis
By Kobus Marais
Copyright 2023
170 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book builds on Marais’s innovative A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation to explore the implications of this conceptualization of translation as the semiotic work from which social-cultural reality emerges and chart the way forward for applications in empirical research.
The volume brings together some of the latest developments in biosemiotics, social semiotics and Peircean semiotics... Read more
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- INTRODUCTION
- THE THERMODYNAMICS OF TRANSLATION
- THE TRANSLATION OF THERMODYNAMICS
- TRANSLATING CHILDREN’S BODIES
- DR JUNG, I PRESSUME: TRAJECTORIES OF TRANSLATED PSYCHOLOGY
- TRANSLATING "TELEPHONE"
- DECOLONIZATION AS RESEMIOTIZATION THROUGH TRANSLATION
Biography
Kobus Marais is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of the Free State. His publications include A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation (2019), Translation beyond Translation Studies (2023), Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies: Methodological Considerations (2019, co-edited with Reine Meylaerts) and Exploring the Implications of Complexity Thinking for Translation Studies (2022, co-edited with Reine Meylaerts). He is founding editor of the Journal for Translation Studies in Africa.
