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Translation in Knowledge, Knowledge in Translation
Edited by Rocío G. Sumillera, Jan Surman and Katharina Kühn
[Benjamins Translation Library 154] 2020
► pp. 169–186

Chapter 8
Knowledge transfer in the Soviet Union from the perspective of visual culture

| University of Graz

In a broad definition, translation encompasses the mediation of knowledge between (as well as within) different systems. An important but hitherto largely neglected aspect in this respect are illustrations. This chapter examines the role of illustrations in the transfer of knowledge, taking as a case study Istoriia, an encyclopaedia written in Ukrainian and translated into Russian. I argue that it is not only the content of an illustration itself, but also its immediate surroundings, which play a key role in the way we construct interpretative patterns.

Keywords: translation of illustrations, visual culture, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russian–Ukrainian
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Translated knowledge from the perspective of visual culture
  • 3.Knowledge transfer in the Soviet Union
  • 4.The “History of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic”
    • 4.1Possible shifts
    • 4.2Possible visual shifts
    • 4.3Cultural-political intentions
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 29 October 2020
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