Censorship in Translation
The Dynamics of Non-, Partial and Full Translations in the Chinese Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5548353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zaixi Tan (0000-0002-6293-017X, Hong Kong Baptist University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-68 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1040466ar |
| OpenAlex | W2130336062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
This research focuses upon how the translation of certain types of literature in China evolved historically: from 'non-translations' (i.e., 'translations' unmade as well as made and yet strictly forbidden under given censorship conditions) to 'partial' or 'full/near-full' translations set against the backdrop of changing practices required by the country's censorship policies. My analysis begins with an overview of the multi-faceted interface between censorship and translation, followed by the conceptualization of a typology of translations under censorship. This initial discussion, in turn, allows me to resituate specific translations, including the once absented translations of earlier times (i.e., prior to the 1949 Revolution or prior to the Cultural Revolution), which were initially taken at face value as 'non-translations' and yet which, later on, became 'partial' or 'full/near-full' translations under the country's subsequently more relaxed censorial operations. I attempt to illustrate such shifts by means of in-depth discussion of the dynamic nature of translational commitment in connection with the change-resistant properties and evolving priorities of censorship. In illustrating my arguments, I will draw specific examples from case studies of three well-known censorship-affected translations - i.e., On China (Kissinger 2011), Lolita (Nabokov 1991) and The Good Earth (Buck 1960), which, I argue, epitomise the shifting degrees of translational commitment ('non-,' 'partial' and 'full/near-full') as they occurred in the Chinese context
Art · Censorship · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Translation studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
Outline of a theory of non-translation
Mercado bajo censura
Untranslated world literature
The shifting reception of Jean-Paul Sartre in the People's Republic of China during the Cold War
The role of national interests in media production and translation
A gradient of compliance
Theater Translation Research Methodologies
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |