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Babel - Volume 69, Issue 3, 2023
Volume 69, Issue 3, 2023
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Do education and the labor market speak the same language?
Author(s): Natividad Aguayo-Arrabalpp.: 305–332 (28)More LessAbstractThis paper addresses the need for terminology convergence and the systematic use of up-to-date descriptors and concepts in the European higher education and labor market environments. Rapid developments in the language industry are remodelling the translation profession in particular and generating new processes, new training needs and, therefore, a new skills demand. Changing market expectations, cross-occupational mobility and multifaceted professional profiles in the translation industry claim to exploit the full potential of standard and multilingual taxonomies like ESCO – the European Classification of Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations. This research draws on the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) competence framework for 2018–2024 to perform a descriptive analysis of the English and Spanish entries for the occupation of “translator” in ESCO’s latest 2020 version. Findings suggest that ESCO’s content could be aligned with the professionally oriented EMT framework to overcome shortcomings in representing translators’ identity and present the reality of the translation market, while matching its content more accurately to the most relevant skills and competences generally developed in current translator training programs.
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Traducir literatura africana poscolonial
Author(s): María Remedios Fernández-Ruizpp.: 333–352 (20)More LessResumenSe aprecia un interés creciente por la literatura africana en España, como demuestran los resultados extraídos de la base de datos bibliográfica especializada BDAFRICA. La literatura poscolonial presenta unos rasgos característicos de los que no siempre son conscientes las editoriales, que a menudo encargan la traducción de estos textos a profesionales no especializados (Fernández Ruiz et al. 2019). Con esta idea en mente, atenderemos aquí a las características propias de la literatura poscolonial y a las peculiaridades de su traducción. Para ello, utilizaremos los ejemplos de traducción que nos proporciona el relato “Miedo y asco a salir de Harare” del escritor zimbabuense Dambudzo Marechera (en La casa del hambre, publicado por la editorial Sajalín en 2014). El método de traducción utilizado es heredero del giro político (Tymoczko y Gentzler 2002) y del giro sociológico (Wolf 2009), abogando por utilizar la traducción como herramienta descolonizadora del texto. Como resultado obtenemos un texto meta marcado por la ausencia de paratextos, que responde a una estrategia de extranjerización para evitar silenciar los rasgos africanos que ha decidido introducir el autor. Con ello, pretendemos contribuir a la sensibilización de los traductores de textos poscoloniales y dejar atrás la violencia epistémica ejercida sobre estas obras literarias en el pasado.
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Translations of Alice in Wonderland in the Sinosphere
Author(s): Xueyi Lipp.: 353–374 (22)More LessAbstractDespite a substantial body of scholarship on translations into different languages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, studies of Chinese translations tend to neglect the more recent and shared translational trends across the Chinese-speaking world. While translations of the complete text establish the book’s reputation by faithfully recreating Alice’s outward adventure, partial translations have emerged in a larger number and enjoyed tremendous popularity. Some of these adapt the source story into a tale of homecoming. Comparing five selected translations in detail, I delve into the translation strategies employed in them to find out how and to what extent the original story is changed. The rationales behind these translations and the changes are discussed through the lens of dual poetics, i.e., the role of translation conceived in the target system of children’s literature and the translators’ child image. It finds that the choice between a full or partial rendering of the original is determined by the changing views of translation in the receiving system. At the same time, degrees of adaptation are almost entirely subject to the translators’ multidimensional concepts of children.
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Paratexts as a site of cultural reflection
Author(s): Riccardo Moratto and Qianqian Xu (徐谦谦)pp.: 375–397 (23)More LessAbstractIn the Ming and Qing dynasties the translation of Western books fueled the phenomenon known as Eastward Transmission of Western Sciences. In this context, the collaborative translation of The Chinese Classics by James Legge (1815–1897) and Wang Tao (1828–1897) was of particular significance because it promoted the transmission of Eastern learning to the West in the late Qing dynasty. This process of collaborative translation provided an opportunity for cultural interaction between China and the West; at the same time, it also generated competition between the two cultures. This paper sets out to investigate the paratexts written by the two co-translators, namely Legge and Wang, and aims to answer the following questions: How did the translation process of The Chinese Classics generate a dialectical interaction and why did it create a cultural struggle between the two translators? What impact did such a cultural collision exert on the translation and interpretation of The Chinese Classics and its reception in the West?
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Words with borders
Author(s): Bilal Sayaheen and Ibrahim Darwishpp.: 398–415 (18)More LessAbstractThis study aims at investigating the phenomenon of censoring and withholding translated books in Jordan. The source of data is a list of all banned translated books at Yarmouk University Library in Jordan (n = 60). The list was first analyzed and classified thematically. Qualitative data were obtained via semi-structured interviews with the librarians. When available, reference was made to the paratextual material of the withheld translated books. Moreover, the official website of the Jordan Media Commission was consulted to identify the factors that may contribute to censoring and blocking translated works in Jordan. The results show that librarians ban books for various religious, moral, social, political, and ideological reasons. Furthermore, it was revealed that censorship in Jordan is subjectively conducted and does not follow clear-cut rules and regulations. Finally, using paratextual elements in investigating the motives for censoring books proved to be an effective method.
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Review of Bittner (2020): Evaluating the Evaluator: A Novel Perspective on Translation Quality Assessment
Author(s): Vedrana Čemerin Dujmićpp.: 416–420 (5)More LessThis article reviews Evaluating the Evaluator: A Novel Perspective on Translation Quality Assessment
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Review of Lee (2023): Kongish: Translanguaging and the Commodification of an Urban Dialect
Author(s): Lian-Hee Weepp.: 421–424 (4)More LessThis article reviews Kongish: Translanguaging and the Commodification of an Urban Dialect
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Review of Takeda (2021): Interpreters and War Crimes
Author(s): Han Lilipp.: 425–428 (4)More LessThis article reviews Interpreters and War Crimes
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Review of Børdahl & Qi (2022): Jin Ping Mei – A Wild Horse in Chinese Literature: Essays on Texts, Illustrations and Translations of a Late Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece
Author(s): Dylan K. Wangpp.: 429–432 (4)More LessThis article reviews Jin Ping Mei – A Wild Horse in Chinese Literature: Essays on Texts, Illustrations and Translations of a Late Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece
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Review of Sun & Li (2023): Transcultural Poetics: Chinese Literature in English Translation
Author(s): Jun Xiangpp.: 433–435 (3)More LessThis article reviews Transcultural Poetics: Chinese Literature in English Translation
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