Erich Prunč
List of John Benjamins publications for which Erich Prunč plays a role.
Articles
2024 On the construction of translation cultures Translation in Society 3:2, pp. 236–254 | Article
The paper by Erich Prunč introduces and develops the concept of translationskultur, a concept that captures cultural and social aspects of translation. Expanding beyond the narrow traditional views of equivalence and text oriented approaches that were dominant in translation studies when Prunč… read more
2007 Priests, princes and pariahs: Constructing the professional field of translation Constructing a Sociology of Translation, Wolf, Michaela and Alexandra Fukari (eds.), pp. 39–56 | Article
In translation, the power to control texts and to attribute meaning to them is either decreed in an authoritarian manner or agreed upon democratically. This depends upon the hierarchical structure of the society, and especially on the extent to which a ruling elite attempts and is able to maintain… read more