{"product_id":"translating-the-nonhuman-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-translating-hardcover","title":"Translating the Nonhuman: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us about Translating - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe so-called \"fictional turn\" in translation studies has staked out territory previously unclaimed by translation scholars - territory in which translators are portrayed as full human beings in their social environments - but so far no one has looked to science fiction for truly radical explorations of translation. \u003ci\u003eTranslating the Nonhuman\u003c\/i\u003e fills that gap, exploring speculative attempts to cross the yawning chasm between human and nonhuman languages and cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book consists of three essays, each bringing a different theoretical orientation to bear on a different science-fiction work. The first studies Samuel R. Delany's 1966 novel, \u003ci\u003eBabel-17\u003c\/i\u003e, using Peircean semiotics; the second studies Suzette Haden Elgin's 1984 novel, \u003ci\u003eNative Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e, using Austinian performativity and Eve Sedwick's periperformative corrective; and the third studies Ted Chiang's 1998 novella, \"Story of Your Life,\" and its 2016 screen adaptation, \u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e, using sustainability theory. Themes include the 1950s clash between Whorfian untranslatability and the possibility of unbounded (machine) translatability; the performative ability of a language to change reality and the reliance of that ability on the periperformativity of \"witnesses\"; and alienation from the familiar in space and time and its transformative effect on the biological and cultural sustainability of human life on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these close readings and varied theoretical approaches, \u003ci\u003eTranslating the Nonhuman \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a tentative mapping of science fiction's usefulness for the study of human-(non)human translation, with translators and interpreters acting as explorers of new ways to communicate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Robinson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Translation Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, China, and is one of the world's leading translation scholars, and author or editor of 30 monographs, including \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Loops of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2022), \u003ci\u003eTransgender, Translation, Translingual Address\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eCritical Translation Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339695952109,"sku":"9798765112847","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/IwQYLJgXDX9798765112847.webp?v=1785111647","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/translating-the-nonhuman-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-translating-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}