The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Literary Translation

Delfina Cabrera, Denise Kripper

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Routledge
19 December 2024

Translation & interpretation; Literary studies: general; Hispanic & Latino studies

Series: Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Literary Translation offers an understanding of translation in Latin America both at a regional and transnational scale. Broad in scope, it is devoted primarily to thinking comprehensively and systematically about the intersection of literary translation and Latin American literature, with a curated selection of original essays that critically engage with translation theories and practices outside of hegemonic Anglo centers.

In this introductory volume, through survey and case-study chapters, contributing authors cover literary and cultural translation in the region historically, geographically, and linguistically. From the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the chapters focus on issues ranging from the role of translation in the construction of national identities to the challenges of translation in the current digital age. Areas of interest expand from the United States to the Southern Cone, including the Caribbean and Brazil, as well as the impact of Latin American literature internationally, and paying attention to translation from and to indigenous languages; Portuguese, English, French, German, Chinese, Spanglish, and more.

The first of its kind in English, this Handbook will shed light on different translation approaches and invite a rethinking of intercultural and interlingual exchanges from Latin American viewpoints. This is key reading for all scholars, researchers, and students of literary translation studies, Latin American literature, and comparative literature.

Edited by: Delfina Cabrera, Denise Kripper
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9780367689254
ISBN 10: 0367689251
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Pages: 426
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Delfina Cabrera is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Portugiesisch-Brasilianische Institut of the Universität zu Köln. She is an active literary translator and the author of Las lenguas vivas: Zonas de exilio y traducción en Manuel Puig. Denise Kripper is an Associate Professor at Lake Forest College and the Translation Editor at Latin American Literature Today. She is an active literary translator and the author of Narratives of Mistranslation: Fictional Translators in Latin American Literature.

Reviews for The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Literary Translation

""This Handbook is an innovative and necessary volume: it shows how central translation has been, and continues to be, in Latin American literature while also inviting its readers to consider literary translation and its contexts—cultural, political, economic, social—from the infinitely rich and diverse perspective of Latin America."" Cecilia Rossi, British Centre for Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, UK ""In The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Literary Translation, Delfina Cabrera and Denise Kripper fashion an indispensable handbook for all students and teachers of translation. From forging a literary heritage of the past to developing a diversified culture of the present, the contributors explore post-colonial, gender, and racial approaches that inform theories of translation in Latin America and beyond."" Edwin Gentzler, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA