Knowledge Commons | Sociology of translation | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/sociology-of-translation/ Activity feed for the group, Sociology of translation. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:21:20 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 89d169f084d96cdab8dd9fbbff3ffc55 Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Farhadpour, prismatically translated: philosophical prose and the activist agenda in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1710852/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 02:27:01 -0400 chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Translation & Activism

]]> 0 a64ad52f6d8a5faf3c76e70619e57550 Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Translation and activism in the time of the now (Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism) in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1710845/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 02:26:27 -0400 Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Activism

]]> 0 d1fbb9b9a62dcc45db6a46850cd99d5e Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “Inspired and Multiple: On Poetry and Co-Translation,” Overland (2019) in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1710831/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 02:24:31 -0400 This co-authored essay reflects on the process of co-translation as a form of co-authorship, drawing on examples taken from Persian poetry and the history of Russian-English literary translation.

]]> 0 b521ac9deeced4eaa27e0eadc57d075a Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Podcast: Introducing the Inaugural Full Stop Fellows in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679411/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:31:49 -0500 In this interview with Full Stop magazine editor Michael Schapira, I introduce my Full Stop fellowship project on translation & activism.

]]> 0 ddbfc1b6b2bb549c49e581ed67ea4fa5 Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “Inimitability versus Translatability: The Structure of Literary Meaning in Arabo-Persian Poetics,” The Translator 19(1): 81-104. in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1607052/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 04:13:33 -0400 Building on the multivalent meanings of the Arabo- Persian tarjama (‘to interpret’, ‘to translate’, ‘to narrate’), this essay argues for the relevance of Qur’ānic inimitability (i'jāz) to contemporary translation theory. I examine how the translation of Arabic rhetorical theory ('ilm al-balāgha) into Persian inaugurated new trends within the study…[Read more]

]]> 0 e150ecbb22eee9a3942c3c93c1a6373b Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Neo-Latin Poetry in 18th Century Scotland - John Pinkerton Translates Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576978/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:00:10 -0400 A brief account of a translation experiment of the Scottish poet, historian, and fraud John Pinkerton presented in the context of the reception of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski and his poetry in 18th century Scotland.

]]> 0 c0c25025c1a9d898de4552c3fbc7f6e8 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited William Butler Yeats and the Irish Coinage in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576442/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:00:01 -0400 The article presents the involvement of the poet William Butler Yeats in the creation of national coinage of the Irish Free State in the late 1920s.

]]> 0 8749e96068ac252716246ea9b3af05f1 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited I traduttori vittoriani dell'opera poetica di Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1576364/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 01:00:14 -0400 The paper discusses English translators of the poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski of the early Victorian period. The paper traces Sarbiewski’s transitions within English literary canon and aims at reconstructing the change in attitudes towards the translation process, quality, and assessment.

]]> 0 495c6c1774c65e54be91a3b708bd7595 Anne Donlon posted an update in the group Sociology of translation: Translation […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1574074/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:56:11 -0400 Translation (https://mla.hcommons.org/deposits/?facets%5Bsubject_facet%5D%5B%5D=Translation) is the new featured collection on the MLA Commons homepage (https://mla.hcommons.org/). Add to the collection by adding "Translation" as a subject to your CORE deposits.

]]> 0 62809ec218f928645c7078cb6f01f5fc Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Religious Differences and Their Reflections in Literary Translation. Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski and the Anglican Translators in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561329/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 01:00:04 -0500 The present paper discusses issues resulting from religious differences between the author and the translator, and influence of such differences upon resulting literary translations which are not only the translation from one language into another but also from one religion into another. The analysed material is a selection of religious poetry of…[Read more]

]]> 0 2bffbe669053ca00accf912321db4224 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited The Art of Translation and the Art of Editing in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561242/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:00:13 -0500 The article presents various issues connected with cooperation between literary translators and their editors in the process of publication of translations of literary works within the frame of reference of Polish publishing market of the recent decades. The author proposes a list of qualities which should be expected from a good editor of…[Read more]

]]> 0 a9f48227c51b7b4e1897863719133973 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Komu opłaca się przekład literacki? in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561238/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:00:09 -0500 Who Profits from Literary Translation? The article, originally inspired by the studies of Pascale Casanova and Pierre Bourdieu, attempts to answer the question who in Poland profits from literary translation. The concept of “profit” is understood very broadly, both in financial or economic context, and in context of the acquiring and losing cul…[Read more]

]]> 0 ceefdfb8fcd05ee559b662baf4bfa431 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Rynek przekładu literackiego w Polsce po roku 2000 in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561236/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:00:08 -0500 Presentation of Polish literary translation market at the end of 2011, a development of the article published in 2000.

]]> 0 9514ea245cd5dde42bee00fa4b864fb3 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Recepcja poezji religijnej Macieja Kazimierza Sarbiewskiego na Wyspach Brytyjskich w wiekach XVII i XVIII in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561232/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:00:06 -0500 The article presents English translations of the religious poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski in the 17th and the 18th century.

]]> 0 ca7601583cccdf98985a208f507953e1 Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Przedmurze chrześcijaństwa widziane z Albionu. Tematyka wojenna w angielskich przekładach, naśladownictwach i parafrazach ód wojennych Macieja Kazimierza Sarbiewskiego in the group Sociology of translation https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1561229/ Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:00:04 -0500 The article offers an analysis of a selection of English translations e.g. by Isaac Watts and Francis Mahony, written from the late 17th to the early 19th century, of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski's poems referring to Polish-Turkish wars of the early 17th century. The article offers an explanation of the attitudes presented by the translators to the…[Read more]

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