Beyond the Original

Translation as Experiment

Marilia Johnk

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Transcript Verlag
20 May 2025

Translation & interpretation; Natural language & machine translation

Can DeepL and ChatGPT translate Shakespeare? The recent developments in AI present a timely opportunity to look at the concept of literary translation anew. The contributors to this volume delve into the playful and performative nature of translations that embrace ambiguity, confusion, and even failure. In doing so, they go beyond the conventional view of translation as a reproduction of the original. Highlighting translations that faced criticism or went unnoticed, the contributors offer a new perspective on well-known authors by looking at their lesser-known translated texts.

Edited by: Marilia Johnk
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9783837671254
ISBN 10: 3837671259
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Marília Jöhnk ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Sie promovierte in romanistischer Literaturwissenschaft an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin im Rahmen des DFG-Graduiertenkolleg »Literatur- und Wissensgeschichte kleiner Formen«. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf den romanischen Literaturen (Lateinamerika, Frankreich, Spanien, Portugal), Mehrsprachigkeit, Postkolonialismus und Genderstudies.