Translation and the global city : bridges and gateways / edited by Judith Weisz Woodsworth.

"Translation and the Global City showcases fresh perspectives on translation in a global context, drawing on case studies from Montreal and other multilingual cosmopolitan cities to examine the historical, sociological and cultural factors underpinning the travel of languages, words and cultures acr...

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Uniform Title:Routledge advances in translation studies.
Other Authors: Woodsworth, Judith (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Series:Routledge advances in translation studies.
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Physical Description:xiii, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION: Translational Spaces and the Bridges that Span Them / Judith Weisz Woodsworth
  • (Re)claiming Space: Translational Landscapes in Canada. The Jews of Montreal: At the Crossroads of Languages and Translation / Pierre Anctil
  • Translating the American Counterculture in/for Quebec / Carmen Ruschiensky
  • An Ultraminor Literature: English Writing in Montreal / Marie Leconte
  • Indigenous Peoples-Settler Relations and Language Politics in 21st Century Canada / Daniel Salée and Salma El Hankouri
  • Bridges and Barriers: Narratives of Liminality In and Beyond World Cities. Literary Translation in Southern Brazil: Livraria Americana's Almanak / Juliana Steil
  • In the Shadow of the Cathedral: The Linguistic Landscape of Antwerp / Anaïs De Vierman
  • Activist Translation in the World of Food / Violette Marcelin
  • Bridging Difference: Self, Sexuality and Gender in Hanan al-Shaykh's Only in London / Clayton McKee
  • Going Global: Translating the Slang of the Paris Banlieue / Tiffane Levick
  • Your Language Escapes Me! Multimodality of a Migrant Life / Nafiseh Mousavi
  • EPILOGUE. Polyglot Pathways: Mount Royal and its Languages / Sherry Simon.