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Eurocentrism in Translation Studies

Download or Read eBook Eurocentrism in Translation Studies PDF written by Luc van Doorslaer and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Eurocentrism in Translation Studies
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 141
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ISBN-10 : 9789027271631
ISBN-13 : 9027271631
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Book Synopsis Eurocentrism in Translation Studies by : Luc van Doorslaer

Book excerpt: In the wake of post-colonial and post-modernist thinking, ‘Eurocentrism’ has been criticized in a number of academic disciplines, including Translation Studies. First published as a special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies 6:2 (2011), this volume re-examines and problematizes some of the arguments used in such criticism. It is argued here that one should be wary in putting forward such arguments in order not to replace Eurocentrism by a confrontational geographical model characterized precisely by a continentalization of discourse, thereby merely reinstituting under another guise. The work also questions the relevance of continent-based theories of translation as such along with their underlying beliefs and convictions. But since the volume prefers to keep the debate open, its concluding interview article also provides the opportunity to those criticized to respond and provide well-balanced comments on such points of criticism.


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