Trajectories of Translation - The Thermodynamics of Semiosis

This book builds on Marais's innovative A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation to explore the implications of this conceptualization of translation as the semiotic work from which social-cultural reality emerges and chart the way forward for applications in empirical research.

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. INTRODUCTION


2. THE THERMODYNAMICS OF TRANSLATION


3. THE TRANSLATION OF THERMODYNAMICS


4. TRANSLATING CHILDREN’S BODIES


5. DR JUNG, I PRESSUME: TRAJECTORIES OF TRANSLATED PSYCHOLOGY


6. TRANSLATING "TELEPHONE"


7. DECOLONIZATION AS RESEMIOTIZATION THROUGH TRANSLATION

About the author

Kobus Marais is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of the Free State. His publications include A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation (2019), Translation beyond Translation Studies (2023), Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies: Methodological Considerations (2019, co-edited with Reine Meylaerts) and Exploring the Implications of Complexity Thinking for Translation Studies (2022, co-edited with Reine Meylaerts). He is founding editor of the Journal for Translation Studies in Africa.

Summary

This book builds on Marais’s innovative A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation to explore the implications of this conceptualization of translation as the semiotic work from which social-cultural reality emerges and chart the way forward for applications in empirical research.

Product details

• Authors: Kobus Marais, Marais Kobus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032460123
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246012-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Translation & interpretation, Semiotics / semiology, Development Studies, Translation and interpretation