Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts: Fidelity to Alterityaddresses an area of research that has received little if any attention in translation theory: the translation into English of contact neologisms and code-switching in Mexican Spanish. The translator of Mexican texts is invited to review the historical background and the sociopolitical and linguistic factors that have led to the emergence of new varieties of English and Spanish, in particular the mixed varieties and code-switching common to parts of Mexico and the United States, often known collectively as Spanglish. Since translation should not consist of effacing the Other, Translating Contemporary Mexican Textsprovides conceptual tools and practical advice for carrying out foreignizing translations that allow for a degree of preservation of linguistic and cultural differences through the employment of heterogeneous discourse.
| ISBN: | 9781433104992 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2009 |
| Author: | Anna Maria DAmore |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Genres: |
Language: reference and general Linguistics Sociolinguistics |
Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts: Fidelity to Alterityaddresses an area of research that has received little if any attention in translation theory: the translation into English of contact neologisms and code-switching in Mexican Spanish. The translator of Mexican texts is invited to review the historical background and the sociopolitical and linguistic factors that have led to the emergence of new varieties of English and Spanish, in particular the mixed varieties and code-switching common to parts of Mexico and the United States, often known collectively as Spanglish. Since translation should not consist of effacing the Other, Translating Contemporary Mexican Textsprovides conceptual tools and practical advice for carrying out foreignizing translations that allow for a degree of preservation of linguistic and cultural differences through the employment of heterogeneous discourse.
Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts features in the following genres: Language: reference and general, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts is available in Hardback
Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts was written by Anna Maria DAmore and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Translating Contemporary Mexican Texts has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics series