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Publication details [#13210]
Cachin, Marie-Françoise. 2006. À la recherche du titre perdu [In search of the lost title]. In Raguet, Christine, ed. Traduire ou vouloir garder un peu de la poussière d'or: hommage à Paul Bensimon [Translating or wanting to keep a bit of stardust: homage to Paul Bensimon]. Special issue of Palimpsestes
Publication type
Article in Special issue
Publication language
French
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Abstract
Identifying a foreign work from its French title is often a difficult task because the translation of this important element of the book's 'paratext' must take into account various cultural and commercial criteria. This paper, based on the French titles of a number of British books, aims at showing how the cultural references of the original title are often modified or even suppressed in order to ensure a good reception for the translated work in the target culture.
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