Chapter published in:
A World Atlas of TranslationEdited by Yves Gambier and Ubaldo Stecconi
[Benjamins Translation Library 145] 2019
► pp. 443–464
Translation and North America
A reframing
María Constanza Guzmán | Glendon College, York University
Lyse Hébert | Glendon College, York University
In this entry of the Atlas we discuss the experience of translation in the territories known as Canada and the United States. Our starting point to study the relationships between translation and these territories is a critical reframing. After establishing the conceptual and methodological ground for our discussion, we present translation in these two North American countries as an ongoing historical experience from various perspectives including colonization, nation-building, imperialism, border and migration, and intellectual and literary life. We address the similarities and differences between Canada and the United States as they relate to specific historical processes. We then discuss translation’s scholarly narratives as they have emerged and circulated in North America, and close with a reflection on some future implications of our proposed reframing – an attempt to provincialize North America – for translation studies as a program.
Keywords: Canada, United States, translation history, conquest, nation-building, colonization, imperialism, nation-building, literary translation, translation studies
Published online: 05 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.145.21guz
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.145.21guz
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