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Translation in Asia Theories, Practices, Histories
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Routledge
198 Pages
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Routledge
197 Pages
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Routledge
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The field of translation studies was largely formed on the basis of modern Western notions of monolingual nations with print-literate societies and monochrome cultures. A significant number of societies in Asia – and their translation traditions – have diverged markedly from this model. With their often multilingual populations, and maintaining a highly oral orientation in the transmission of... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Ronit Ricci, Jan van der Putten; Chapter 2 Translation in a World of Diglossia, Thomas M. Hunter; Chapter 3 Commenting Translation, Torsten Tschacher; Chapter 4 Before Translation?, Peter Gerard Friedlander; Chapter 5 On the Untranslatability of ‘Translation’, Ronit Ricci; Chapter 6 Early Discourse on Translation in Malay, Haslina Haroon; Chapter 7 Rethinking Orientalism, Vijayakumar M. Boratti; Chapter 8 Translating Vice into Filipino, S. J. Jose Mario C. Francisco; Chapter 9 Translations in Romanized Malay and the Revival of Chineseness among the Peranakan in Java (1880s-1911) 1 The author wishes to thank Anthony Reid, Ronit Ricci, Jan van der Putten and Evelyne Yudiarti for suggestions on earlier versions of this chapter. However, he alone is responsible for the content of this contribution., Didi Kwartanada; Chapter 10 ‘Riddling-Riddling of the Ghost Crab’, Erlinda K. Alburo; Chapter 11 In Tongues, Paul Rae; Chapter 12 On Castes, Malayalams and Translations, S. Sanjeev;
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Ronit Ricci, Jan van der Putten
