Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated - Couverture souple

Lowe, Elizabeth

 
9781951470340: Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated
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ISBN 10 : 1951470346 ISBN 13 : 9781951470340
Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2026

Synopsis

Elizabeth Lowe charts her journey to becoming a translator through a series of vignettes relating her life as a " third-culture kid" and living and working abroad in a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages. She lived in Germany as a young child immediately after the Second World War while her father worked in the Nuremburg trials and as a newly married military spouse during the Vietnam War she lived in Haiti just prior to Papa Doc's consolidation of power, in Brazil when the military dictatorship seized the country in its two-decade vise, at the University of Coimbra, Portugal during Salazar, and Colombia at the height of the guerrilla conflicts, and in Miami during the heyday of the cartels. The book is a reflection on translation as an art, on five decades teaching languages, literatures, and translation, and on her close relationship with writers from the Lusophone world. It explores theoretical aspects of translation as well as practical challenges faced by translators, especially those working in Portuguese literature. Lowe offers intimate insights into the creative process of the writers she translates and her own philosophy of literary translation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Through her work as both a translator and an educator, Elizabeth Lowe has significantly impacted translation studies, particularly in the field of Portuguese-English translation. Her translations are praised for their accuracy and sensitivity to the cultural contexts they depict, and her efforts have helped elevate the academic status of translation studies, recognizing it as both an art and a rigorous discipline.

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Éditeur
University of Massachusetts Press
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1951470346
ISBN 13 
9781951470340
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
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