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Robinson, Douglas. 1996. Translation and taboo. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press. xix + 232 pp.
Publication type
Monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
practice=translation practice=interpreting practice | religious translation=religious discourse=religion | retranslation=re-translation | taboo | theory=translation theory=interpreting theory
Person as a subject
Apuleius | Augustine | Benjamin, Walter | Herodotus | Plato | Saint Jerome | Schleiermacher, Friedrich D.E. | Socrates
Title as subject
The Task of the Translator | Golden Ass
Main ISBN
0-87580-209-5

Abstract

From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues the author, who explores the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts and shows how similar taboos influence intercultural exchange even today. Probing concepts about language, culture, and geopolitical boundaries—both archaic and contemporary—he examines the philosophy and theory of translation and intercultural exchange. In the process, he challenges presuppositions about what cultures hold sacred.
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Reviewed by

Bandia, Paul Fadio. 1999. Review of Translation and taboo. The Translator 5 (1) : 119–122.
Frei, Charlotte. 1998. Review of Translation and taboo. Trans 2 : 197–199.
Podgornaya, Alla. 2000. Review of Translation and taboo. Perspectives 8 (4) : 315–316.
Venuti, Lawrence. 1997. Review of Translation and taboo. Comparative Literature 49 (4) : 360–368.
Zhang, Jian. 1997. Review of Translation and taboo. Babel 43 (4) : 365–369.
Dávidházi, Péter. 1998. Review of Translation and taboo. Target 10 (2) : 377–382.
Ballard, Michel. 1997. Review of Translation and taboo. In Seleskovitch, Danica, ed. L'interprétation en langues des signes [Sign interpreting]. Special issue of Meta 42 (3): 572–574.