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Translation in Society: Online-First ArticlesOn the construction of translation cultures
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This contribution develops the concept of translationskultur.
Keywords: Translationskultur, translation culture, Sociology of translation, Erich Prunč, democratic translation, skopos
Article outline
- 1.Conceptualizing translation
- 2.Understanding translation on the grounds of cultural sociology
- 3.Translationskultur
- 4.Translation and power
- 5.Democratic translation culture
- 5.1The principle of cooperativity
- 5.2The principle of loyalty
- 5.3The principle of transparency
- 5.4The principle of ecologicity
- 6. Translationskultur and Skopos
- 7.Quality of translations
- 8.Translation studies and translation practice
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Author queries
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