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Publication details [#31230]
Alvstad, Cecilia. 2017. Arguing for indirect translations in twenty-first-century Scandinavia. In Assis Rosa, Alexandra, Hanna Pięta and Rita Bueno Maia, eds. Indirect Translation: theoretical, methodological and terminological issues. Special issue of Translation Studies 10 (2): 150–165.
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Article in Special issue
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English
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Abstract
The article explores why indirect translation takes place, especially in contexts where policymakers work against it by, for example, not providing translation grants for such translations. The focus is on contemporary Sweden, and the article pays particular attention to arguments expressed in favor of indirect translation in a series of 11 books translated indirectly from Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil or Urdu. It concludes by suggesting that cultural policies with more permissive criteria concerning indirectness of translation could be beneficial.
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