Translating Cultural Identity: French Translations of Australian Crime Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781788740074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 248 str.

Sarah Reed

Opis

Crime fiction is popular internationally despite its cultural specificity. This book offers an accessible analysis of how the choice of translation strategy can significantly affect representations of cultural identity in translations of crime fiction, identifying creative solutions for translation challenges.

Recenzje

«Through the detailed analysis of four important Australian crime fiction novels and their translations, Reed shows how some key aspects of Australian cultural identity, like the Outback and Aboriginal culture, are transferred into French, and what is lost, distorted or recreated. A must-read for translators and lovers of Australian literature.» (Dr Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia)

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Translation, Cultural Identity, Crime Fiction - Australian Cultural Identity - The Fortunes of Australian Crime Fiction in France - Richard Flanagan and Philip McLaren: «Australian Authors» - Comparative Textual Analysis - Approaches to Translation - Translating Place - Translating Behaviours - Translating Language Use.

O autorze

Sarah M. A. Reed holds a PhD in French and Translation from the University of Adelaide, where she is currently a Visiting Research Fellow and casual French tutor. She is the author of «Howdunnit? The French translation of Australian Cultural identity in Philip McLaren's crime novel Scream Black Murder/Tueur d'Aborigènes», published in The Translator in 2016. Her main research interest lies in the textual and paratextual representations of cultural identity when translated for a new readership, with a particular focus on the translation of Australasian and Pacific literatures.