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3 - Where Translation Happens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2025

Kirsten Malmkjær
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University of Leicester
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The chapter begins with a discussion of the societal conditions that surround translations, and notes that it is more common for economically secure cultures to translate between one another than it is for poor economies to translate into the languages of other poor economies or into the languages of rich economies. The networks and associations that translators may form are introduced, and an example of a code of conduct of the kind that these may adhere to is provided. The second part of the chapter addresses the issue of whether translated language differs in identifiable ways from non-translated language. A third section addresses different types of translators and their working conditions, and the gatekeeping roles that translators play in terms of what they decide to translate, who they admit to societies that they form, and providing access to other cultures.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Further Reading

Angelone, E., Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Massey, G. (eds.) (2020). The Bloomsbury Companion to Language Industry Studies. London: Bloomsbury.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cordingly, A. (ed.) (2013). Self-Translation: Brokering Originality in Hybrid Culture. London: Bloomsbury.Google Scholar
Hinchliffe, I., Oliver, T. and Schwartz, R. (eds. and compilers) (2014). 101 Things a Translator Needs to Know. WLF Think Tank. United Kingdom: WFL 101 Publishing.Google Scholar

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