Translation Imperatives: African Literature and the Labour of Translators
Translation Imperatives: African Literature and the Labour of Translators
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This Element examines the politics of literary translation in Africa, focusing on the Heinemann African Writers Series and the work of contemporary literary translators in Cameroon. It explores multilingualism, race, and decolonization, as well as methodological debates in African literary studies, world literature, comparative literature, and translation studies. The translation of African literary texts has evolved in response to political and socio-economic contexts, contributing to the canonization of African classics and sparking debates around African languages. Retranslation remains rare, and early translations are often criticized. The Element emphasizes the material basis of translation, focusing on the labor involved in the process of book production and reception. It draws on close readings, archival material, interviews, and co-production and observation of literary translation workshops.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 75 pages
Publication date: 02 June 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This Element explores the politics of literary translation via case studies from the Heinemann African Writers Series and the work of twenty-first-century literary translators in Cameroon. It intervenes in debates concerning multilingualism, race and decolonization, as well as methodological discussion in African literary studies, world literature, comparative literature and translation studies. The task of translating African literary texts has developed according to political and socio-economic contexts. It has contributed to the consecration of a canon of African classics and fuelled polemics around African languages. Yet retranslation remains rare and early translations are frequently criticised. This Element's primary focus on the labour rather than craft or art of translation emphasises the material basis that underpins who gets to translate and how that embodied labour occurs within the process of book production and reception. The arguments draw on close readings, fresh archival material, interviews, and co-production and observation of literary translation workshops.
Weight: 118g
Dimension: 126 x 176 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108720045
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