The Author Strikes Back.: The author-translator dialogue as a special kind of paratext

Hanne Jansen

The Author Strikes Back. The author-translator dialogue as a special kind of paratext

Institut for Engelsk, Germansk og Romansk

Abstract

Many internationally published writers supply their translators with additional comments on the work to be translated. The aim of this paper is to study the kind of information that authors choose to convey to their translators, and to reflect on the degree in which, besides conveying factual and lexical information, they are also supplying guidelines for the ‘right’ interpretation and translation of the text. Following Gerard Genette’s notion of paratext (1997 [1987]), the author’s comments and suggestions are defined as important ‘thresholds’ in the work’s way to the reader, ‘thresholds’ that might be seen too as the author’s attempt to counterbalance the threat of losing authorship inherent in the translation process.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Tracks and Treks in Translation Studies. : Selected papers from the EST Congress, Leuven 2010
Redaktører	Catherine Way, Sonia Vandepitte, Reine Meylaerts, Magdalena Bartlomiejczyk
Antal sider	20
Udgivelsessted	Amsterdam
Forlag	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publikationsdato	2013
Sider	247-266
ISBN (Trykt)	9789027224590
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9789027271426
Status	Udgivet - 2013

Emneord

Det Humanistiske Fakultet
forfatter-oversætter dialog
paratekst

Citationsformater

The Author Strikes Back. The author-translator dialogue as a special kind of paratext. / Jansen, Hanne.

Tracks and Treks in Translation Studies.: Selected papers from the EST Congress, Leuven 2010. red. / Catherine Way; Sonia Vandepitte; Reine Meylaerts; Magdalena Bartlomiejczyk. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013. s. 247-266.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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