Maze-walkers and echoborgs

IF 1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Translation Spaces Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI:10.1075/ts.21001.mos

B. Mossop

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Abstract

The article fills a gap in the existing array of translation metaphors by introducing maze-walkers as a metaphor for translators at work. Ten similarities and five dissimilarities between translating and walking through a hedge maze are discussed. Translators’ control over their actions is compared to that of maze-walkers and of four other metaphorical agents: stage and musical performers, puppeteers, echoborgs and ghost-writers. Most existing metaphors convey attitudes toward translations and translators, whereas the maze-walking metaphor captures the varied actions of a translating translator. The metaphor may be of value to anyone explaining translation to students.

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迷宫行者和回声堡

本文通过介绍迷宫漫步者作为译者工作中的隐喻，填补了现有翻译隐喻阵列中的空白。讨论了翻译和在树篱迷宫中行走之间的十个相似之处和五个不同之处。译者对自己行为的控制与迷宫漫步者和其他四个隐喻代理人的控制相比：舞台和音乐表演者、木偶师、回声机器人和幽灵作家。大多数现存的隐喻传达了对翻译和译者的态度，而迷宫式的隐喻则捕捉了翻译译者的各种行为。这个比喻可能对任何向学生解释翻译的人都有价值。

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来源期刊

Translation Spaces LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

12.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Translation Spaces is a biannual, peer-reviewed, indexed journal that recognizes the global impact of translation. It envisions translation as multi-dimensional phenomena productively studied (from) within complex spaces of encounter between knowledge, values, beliefs, and practices. These translation spaces -virtual and physical- are multidisciplinary, multimedia, and multilingual. They are the frontiers being explored by scholars investigating where and how translation practice and theory interact most dramatically with the evolving landscape of contemporary globalization.