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All Colours Of Translation Matthew Reynolds (ed.), 2019. Prismatic Translation, Cambridge: Legenda

Publication date: 20.12.2023

Przekładaniec, Issues in English, Special Issue 2/2023 – Experimental Translation, pp. 136 - 150

https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864ePC.23.013.18092

Authors

Tamara Brzostowska-Tereszkiewicz
The Institute of Literary Research at Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, Warsaw, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-3307 Orcid
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Titles

All Colours Of Translation Matthew Reynolds (ed.), 2019. Prismatic Translation, Cambridge: Legenda

Abstract

This article discusses the volume of essays Prismatic Translation, edited by Matthew Reynolds (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019) in light of the history of optical metaphors for translation and recent modernist studies. Tracing the conceptual genealogy of the term and the subtleties of its theoretical usage, the author argues that “prismatic translation” remains an impressive though still excessively ambiguous translation studies metaphor that has not yet solidified into a precise and operative theoretical tool. Notwithstanding these objections, Prismatic Translation can be considered an excellent reference volume for professionals and students engaged in literary and cultural translation studies, as well as comparative modernist studies.

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All Colours Of Translation Matthew Reynolds (ed.), 2019. Prismatic Translation, Cambridge: Legenda

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-3307

Tamara Brzostowska-Tereszkiewicz
The Institute of Literary Research at Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, Warsaw, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-3307 Orcid
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