Module 7: Role of the Translator
  Lecture 26: Strategies of Translation and Cultural Contexts
 

 

Assignments

  1. How can acts of translation be linked to socio-cultural agendas of the translators or the times and cultures they live in?
  2. Can you think of an analogous trend in translation in your cultural environment that can be related to contemporary discourses?

Reference                                                    
Venuti, Lawrence. The Translator’s Invisibility: A history of translation. London: Routledge, 1995. Rpt.1999.