Hybrid Englishes and the Challenges of and for Translation: Identity, Mobility and Language Change

Bennett, Karen (Editor)/ De Barros, Rita Queiroz (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1138307408 / ISBN 13: 9781138307407

Published by Taylor & Francis, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hybrid Englishes and the Challenges of and for Translation: Identity, Mobility and Language Change
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138307408
• ISBN 13: 9781138307407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.6 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume problematizes the concept and practice of translation in an interconnected world in which English, despite its hegemonic status, can no longer be considered a coherent unified entity but rather a mobile resource subject to various kinds of hybridization. Drawing upon recent work in the domains of translation studies, literary studies and (socio-)linguistics, it explores the centrality of translation as both a trope for the analysis of contemporary transcultural dynamics and as a concrete communication practice in the globalized world.

The chapters range across many geographic realities and genres (including fiction, memoir, animated film and hip-hop), and deal with subjects as varied as self-translation, translational ethics and language change. As a whole, the book makes an important contribution to our understanding of how meanings are generated and relayed in a context of super-diversity, in which traditional understandings of language and translation can no longer be sustained.

About the Author

Karen Bennett Is Assistant Professor in Translation at Nova University, Lisbon, and a member of the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), where she coordinates the Translationality strand. She recently co-edited with Rita Queiroz de Barros a special Issue of The Translator 23/4 on International English and Translation.

Rita Queiroz de Barros is Assistant Professor in English Linguistics at the University of Lisbon, where she coordinates the Linguistics research group of the Centre for English Studies. Her current interests include historical sociolinguistics and lexicography and the global English(es).