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Transmesis

Inside Translation¢s Black Box

By: Thomas O. Beebee

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Hardcover | 21 August 2012 | Edition Number 1

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'Transmesis' refers to the appearance of translation as a topic in works of world literature. Fiction (including novels, short stories, and plays) uses mimesis to uncover the items in translation's black box, bringing to light those aspects of the translational process that translations as 'finished' products conceal, and exploring the question of how to represent language and multilingual realities in literature. This study compares modern and contemporary literary works from around the globe that have translation as a central theme, and that treat one of four of said black-box issues: language as embodiment; unknown language; conversion; and postcolonial derivations.

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'Transmesis shrewdly intervenes into current thinking about translation by examining a dazzling range of materials from several languages and cultures, genres, and disciplines. The result brings a unique visibility to translators, translation strategies, and translated texts, challenging in the process the boundaries between postcolonial criticism and translation studies. After Beebee's study, neither of these fields will look quite the same.' - Lawrence Venuti, professor of English, Temple University

'Beebee's coining of the capacious and synthetic term 'transmesis' into the discourses of literary criticism and translation studies itself constitutes itself an important contribution to comparative literature, world literature, and postcolonial studies. Referring to the conjunction of translation and mimesis, Beebee examines the many-faceted processes by which literary authors use fiction to depict acts of translation. This rich and lively study draws on examples from five continents and numerous languages, underscoring translation's critical role in extending meaning across the centuries.' - Bella Brodzki, Alice Stone Ilchman Chair in Comparative and International Studies, Sarah Lawrence College

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Published: 6th August 2012

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Transmesis and Postcolonial Reason
Somatics
Herizons of Translation: Nicole Brossard
Shoot The Transtraitor! The Translator as Homo Sacer
Conversion
Borges Translating Ibn Rushd Translating Aristotle
Translation as Cultural Renewal in the Cartas Marruecas
Milorad Pavi's Dictionary of the Khazars
Postcolonial Derivations
Abdelkébir Khatibi's Love in Two Languages
Faking Translation: Derivative Aboriginality in the Fiction of B. Wongar
Unknown Language
Unknown Language and Radical Translation
Transformulating Pagolak
Translating Ptydepe
Ten Reasons Why Translators Should Read Fiction
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Inside Translation¢s Black Box

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