Translating Selves: Experience and Identity Between Languages and Literatures Book

Foreword Mona Baker Baker, Mona

Introduction selves in translation Paschalis Nikolaou Nikolaou, Paschalis Maria-Venetia Kyritsi Kyritsi, Maria-Venetia 1

Pt. 1 Ways of seeing: self, translation and the literary

1 Translation drafts and the translating self Maria Filippakopoulou Filippakopoulou, Maria 19

2 Translating the art of seeing in Apollinaire's 'Les Fenetres': the self of the translator, the selves of language and readerly subjectivity Clive Scott Scott, Clive 37

3 Turning inward: liaisons of literary translation and life-writing Paschalis Nikolaou Nikolaou, Paschalis 53

Pt. 2 Language and translating between cultures and identities

4 The ethical task of the translator in the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur Angelo Bottone Bottone, Angelo 73

5 Global English and the destruction of identity? Juliane House House, Juliane 87

6 Devouring the Other: cannibalism, translation and the construction of cultural identity Rainer Guldin Guldin, Rainer 109

Pt. 3 Case studies: experiences in translation and transition

7 Voicing the minority: self-translation and the quest for the voice in Gaelic poetry Corinna Krause Krause, Corinna 125

8 Identity and humour in translation: the extravagant comic style of Rosa Cappiello's Paese fortunato Brigid Maher Maher, Brigid 141

9 Rerouting the self: Georg Forster's Reise um die Welt Alison E. Martin Martin, Alison E. 155

10 Lost in translation: shifts of self and identity in the English versions of Patarijali's Yogasutra Daniel Raveh Raveh, Daniel 169

Bibliography 183

Index 195