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Translation as an instrument for multilingual democracy

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    Identifier: PC:617
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC617
    Authors:
    Pym, A.
    Abstract:
    Translation Studies, in its foundational terms, must assume multilingualism but has also long presupposed monoglots: whenever our models separate 'source language' from 'target language,' we present translations as border-markers between monolingual spaces. One way forward is to find translation in all communication, within all linguistic spaces, to an extent that would dissolve any pretense at monolingualism. An alternative solution, more tied to empirical historiography, is to trace the ways in which multilingual ideological formations use translation in order to divide linguistic spaces at the same time as they expand across those same spaces. Using numerous local examples, Pym¿s article examines the use of translators and interpreters to bring about multilingual democracies and considers the ways in which current technologies and practices of translation are reshaping answers to the question.

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    Author, as appears in the article.: Pym, A.
    Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
    Abstract: Translation Studies, in its foundational terms, must assume multilingualism but has also long presupposed monoglots: whenever our models separate 'source language' from 'target language,' we present translations as border-markers between monolingual spaces. One way forward is to find translation in all communication, within all linguistic spaces, to an extent that would dissolve any pretense at monolingualism. An alternative solution, more tied to empirical historiography, is to trace the ways in which multilingual ideological formations use translation in order to divide linguistic spaces at the same time as they expand across those same spaces. Using numerous local examples, Pym¿s article examines the use of translators and interpreters to bring about multilingual democracies and considers the ways in which current technologies and practices of translation are reshaping answers to the question.
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Keyword in other language: Política lingüística Democràcia Multilingüisme Traducció
    ISSN: 2325-2871
    Last page: 95
    Journal volume: 1
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Journal publication year: 2013
    First page: 78