Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese ContextNana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi Japanis often regarded as a ‘culture of translation'. Oral and written translationhas played a vital role in Japan over the centuries and led to a body ofthinking and research rooted in a context about which little information hasbeen available outside of Japan in the past. Thechapters examine the current state of translation studies as an academicdiscipline in Japan and a range of historical aspects (e.g., translation of Chinesevernacular novels in early modern times, the role of translation in Japan'smodernization, changes in stylistic norms in Meiji-period translations, ‘thicktranslation' of indigenous Ainu place names), as well as creative aspects oftranslation in modern and postwar Japan. Other chapters explore contemporaryphenomena such as the intralingual translation of Japanese expressions embeddedin English texts emanating from diasporic contexts, the practice ofpre-translation or writing for an international audience from the outset, theinnovative practice of reverse localization of Japanese video games back intoJapanese, and community interpreting practices and research. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Emergence of Translation Studies as a Discipline in Japan | 11 |
2 Situating Translation Studies in Japan within a Broader Context | 33 |
3 A Nagasaki Translator of Chinese and the Making of a New Literary Genre | 53 |
4 Assimilation or Resistance? Yukichi Fukuzawas Digestive Translation of the West | 73 |
From Chinese Infl uences to European Influences | 92 |
Hemingway Proust and Modern Japanese Novels | 115 |
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| Title | Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context Bloomsbury Advances in Translation Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context |
| Editors | Nana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1441139826, 9781441139825 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting |
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