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Translation of Autobiography: Narrating self, translating the other
Susan XU Yun
[Benjamins Translation Library 136] 2017
► pp. 135–165

Chapter 5
Implied translator

The “other” voice in translation and rewriting

Article outline
  • 5.1Introduction
  • 5.2The implied translator and the “other” voice
  • 5.3Rewriting
    • 5.3.1Narratorial differences
    • 5.3.2Poetics and patronage in rewriting
  • 5.4Foregrounding and transitivity in Type I texts
    • 5.4.1Overlexicalization
    • 5.4.2Syntactic foreignness
    • 5.4.3Circumlocution and overevaluation
    • 5.4.4Incoherence
  • 5.5The “other” voice in Type III texts
    • 5.5.1Faithful translator with “passive” voice
    • 5.5.2Skilful translator with “active” voice
  • 5.6Conclusion
  • Notes