National Identity, International Visitors

Narration and Translation of the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum

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ID7928221
AutoresChia-Li Chen, Chia‐Li Chen (0000-0001-9253-8905, autor correspondente), Min-Hsiu Liao (0000-0002-5348-6281)
Ano2017
Volume15
Fascículo1
Páginas56-68
Data de publicação2017-06-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMuseum and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1479-8360 • E-ISSN: 1479-8360
EditoraUniversity of Leicester (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.29311/mas.v15i1.662
OpenAlexW2730212301
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas11

Although many museums nowadays provide multilingual services, translations in museums have not received enough attention from researchers. The issue of how ideology is embedded in museum texts is translated is particularly underresearched. Since museums are often important sites for tourists to learn about a nation, translation plays a pivotal role in mediating how international visitors construct the host nation’s identity. The translation of national identity is even more important when sensitive topics are dealt with, such as exhibitions of the past in memorial museums. This paper takes the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum as a case study to examine how Taiwanese identity is formatted in the Chinese text and reframed in the English translation. The current study found inconsistent historical perspectives embedded in both texts, particularly in the English translation. We argue that, without awareness of ideological assumptions embedded in translations, museums run the risk of sending unintended messages to international visitors

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Exhibition · Ideology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philippine History and Culture · Translation Studies and Practices