Making the ‘Invisible’ Visible?: Reviewing Translated Works (New Trends in Translation Studies)

This book offers a novel cross-cultural insight into how translations are reviewed differently in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. It also compares how different types of platforms – from the general public to specialised literary magazines – assess translated works, offering an updated look at the «invisible» translator described by Venuti. This book examines some of the criteria against which translated fictional and non-fictional works are assessed. It not only provides a novel cross-cultural insight into reviewing practices, assessing how translations are reviewed differently in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, but it also compares the way in which reviewers for different platforms assess translated works, from a popular platform open to reviews from the general public, through mainstream broadsheets and cultural supplements, to specialised literary magazines. The book takes its inspiration from The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation, in which Lawrence Venuti examines the reviewing of translations and contends that fluency is the main criterion against which translations are read and assessed by reviewers, ultimately rendering the translator «invisible». The book therefore provides a timely and thorough update to Venuti's study and offers insights into the status of translation in book reviews. Cover Contents List of figures and tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 What purpose(s) does a review serve? Chapter 2 Building on The Translator’s Invisibility Chapter 3 Reviewing in the United Kingdom Chapter 4 Reviewing in France Chapter 5 Reviewing in Germany Chapter 6 Reviewing the invisible: An entirely Anglo-American phenomenon? Conclusion Bibliography Index Series Index