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Literary Translation in Periodicals: Methodological challenges for a transnational approach
Edited by Laura Fólica, Diana Roig-Sanz and Stefania Caristia
[Benjamins Translation Library 155] 2020
► pp. 331–346

Chapter 14
The polyphony of periodicals

James S Holmes and Delta

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This chapter introduces the concept of polyphonic voice to investigate the soundscape of a translation-rich periodical. Using the anglophone Dutch periodical Delta and one of its principle editors and translators, James S Holmes, as a case, it shows how the “silent voice” of a periodical’s patron can create dissonance among the voices inscribed in its text; how a periodical’s collective voice can be gleaned through paratext such as editors’ notes and manifestos; and how paratext can be analyzed to hearken an individual editorial and translatorial voice within a translation-rich periodical’s collective soundscape.

Keywords: polyphonic voice, translation, Delta , James S Holmes, Dutch literature, public diplomacy, periodical
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • A periodical’s polyphonic voice
  • Giving voice to Delta
  • Delta’s collective voice
  • James Holmes’ voice in Delta
  • A retrospective manifesto
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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Published online: 10 December 2020
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