Translations adapt theoretical texts to local literary canons
Evidence
The translation was itself novel, in that it kept to the polemical thrust of the London version rather than to its letter. Many of the original’s references to, or quotations from, English literature, were ingeniously replaced by Japanese ‘counterparts.’ For example, the lengthy quotation from Urne-Buriall gave way to one from The Tale of Heike. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 790
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Translation covers can embed nationalist mythology within the target culture — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 791; Translations of theory books become political interventions in local nationalist struggles. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 827; Behavior determines meaning, blocking radical language translation (+5 more)
Related
- Translations of theory books become political interventions in local nationalist struggles. (similarity 0.82)
- Translation covers can embed nationalist mythology within the target culture (similarity 0.81)
- A translation can be deployed as an explicit intervention against state ideology (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Translations of theory books become political interventions in local nationalist struggles.
#complicates(0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 827 - World literature trades unequally between a dominant center and periphery
#corroborates(0.80) - A direct Flemish-to-English retranslation of Tempels is urgently needed
#expands(0.75) - Behavior determines meaning, blocking radical language translation
#qualifies(0.72)