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Les Belles Etrangeres

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While translation history in Canada is well documented, the history of the translation of Canadian fiction outside the nation remains obscure. Les Belles Étrangères examines the translation of Cana...
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  • 10 March 2008
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While translation history in Canada is well documented, the history of the translation of Canadian fiction outside the nation remains obscure. Les Belles Étrangères examines the translation of Canadian English-language fiction in France. This book considers the history of this practice, the reasons for the move away from Quebec translators as well as the process and perils involved in this detour.

Within a theoretical framework and drawing on primary sources, this study considers the historical, theoretical, and concrete aspects of this practice through the study of the translations of authors such as Robertson Davies, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Alistair MacLeod.

The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography of English-language novels, poetry, and plays published and translated in France over the past 240 years.

Published in English.

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Price: $34.95
Pages: 192
Publisher: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Series: Perspectives on Translation
Publication Date: 10 March 2008
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780776606712
Format: Paperback
BISACs: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Translation and interpretation, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Fiction in translation
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Jane Koustas is a professor of the Department of Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures at Brock University. She is the co-editor of Robert Lepage: Théàtre sans frontiers and Vision/Division: l’oeuvre de Nancy Huston. Her research interests include English-Canadian literature in translation, translation theory and practice, translation history in Canada, Quebec theatre and theatre translation. She has served on the jury of the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Quebec Writers’ Federation Translation Award and the International Impac Dublin Literary Award. She served as the Craig Dobbin Professor of Canadian Studies at University College Dublin, 2005-06.