Translation as Actor-Networking: Actors, Agencies, and Networks in the Making of Arthur Waley's English Translation of the Chinese 'Journey to the Wes

ISBN-13: 9780367375027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 246 str.

Wenyan Luo

Opis

This book employs principles from actor-network theory (ANT) to explore the making of the English translation of a work of Chinese canonical fiction, Journey to the West, demonstrating how ANT, as applied to translation studies, can contribute to a richer understanding of the translation process.

O autorze

Wenyan Luo received her PhD in 2019 from Durham University, UK. Her research interests lie in text analysis in translation, history of translation between English and Chinese, translation ethics, translator studies, and sociology of translation, in particular Actor-network Theory-approached translation studies.