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Translation and Genre
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2022
Summary
What is a genre? How do genres differ between cultures and languages? How do generic texts get translated, and how does the specific genre affect the act of translation? This Element surveys the concept of genre itself, a number of different genres, and what happens to these genres through translation, while also providing an overview of research into these topics along with research-based approaches for translating work that can perhaps be labelled as generic.
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- Online ISBN: 9781108923255Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication: 25 August 2022
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