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New Trends in Translation Studies New Trends in Translation Studies Vol. 8 Translation is a textual and discursive practice embedded in competing cultural identities and language ideologies; it is a site through which we can observe the operations and implications of language power. In this T regard, multilingual societies provide fertile ground for the exploration o n of translation practice from the perspective of sociolinguistic tension. g Translating the - K i n This book examines the relationship between translation-mediated g Multilingual City L multi-literate practice and language ideology in multilingual Singapore. e e It problematises literary translation in light of the power relation be- tween the official languages in the city-state, with special emphasis on • English and Chinese. Based on published translations and multilingual T r anthologies, it investigates the implications of such power relations a Cross-lingual Practices n for intercultural communication through translation. The book also s l a discusses how the translational problems that accrue from language t and Language Ideology i n ideology may contribute to a nuanced understanding of cross-lingual g practice and to the realisation of intercultural knowledge in multilingual th e Singapore. M u l t Tong-King Lee i l i n g u a l C i t y Tong-King Lee is an assistant professor in translation at the University of Hong Kong. ISBN 978-3-0343-0850-2 Peter Lang www.peterlang.com New Trends in T ranslation Studies New Trends in T ranslation Studies Vol. 8 Translation is a textual and discursive practice embedded in competing cultural identities and language ideologies; it is a site through which we can observe the operations and implications of language power. In this T regard, multilingual societies provide fertile ground for the exploration o n of translation practice from the perspective of sociolinguistic tension. g Translating the - K i n This book examines the relationship between translation-mediated g Multilingual City L multi-literate practice and language ideology in multilingual Singapore. e e It problematises literary translation in light of the power relation be- tween the official languages in the city-state, with special emphasis on • English and Chinese. Based on published translations and multilingual T r anthologies, it investigates the implications of such power relations a Cross-lingual Practices n for intercultural communication through translation. The book also s l a discusses how the translational problems that accrue from language t and Language Ideology i n ideology may contribute to a nuanced understanding of cross-lingual g practice and to the realisation of intercultural knowledge in multilingual th e Singapore. M u l t Tong-King Lee i l i n g u a l C i t y Tong-King Lee is an assistant professor in translation at the University of Hong Kong. Peter Lang www.peterlang.com Translating the Multilingual City New Trends in Translation Studies Volume 8 Series Editor: Dr Jorge Díaz Cintas Advisory Board: Professor Susan Bassnett Dr Lynne Bowker Professor Frederic Chaume Professor Aline Remael PETER LANG Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien Translating the Multilingual City Cross-lingual Practices and Language Ideology Tong-King Lee PETER LANG Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche National- bibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 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Printed in Germany Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Preface ix Chapter 1 Language Ideological Relations and the Problem of Translation 1 Chapter 2 The Bilingual Text in Translation: Paradoxes and Asymmetries 29 Chapter 3 Reading the Cultural Other in Translation 69 Chapter 4 Translation and Language Power Relations in Heterolingual Anthologies of Literature 105 Chapter 5 Conclusion: Rethinking (Un)translatability and Intercultural Communication 145 Bibliography 153 Index 163 List of Figures and Tables Figure 1 Schematic representation of the translation relation between English and mother tongue languages in mul- tilingual literary anthologies (1985–2008) 138 Table 1 Pragmatic functions of the English language in Singapore 10 Table 2 Functional polarisation of Mandarin Chinese and English in Singapore 11 Table 3 Most frequently spoken language at home among the Chinese population (aged 5 and above) in Singapore (1980–2010) 14 Table 4 The ‘one-to-one’ translation model 129 Table 5 The ‘many-to-many’ translation model 129
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