The Tower of Babel or Ivory Tower? The Reception of Western Translation Research in Russian-Language Translation Studies – a Reconnaissance Cover Image

The Tower of Babel or Ivory Tower? The Reception of Western Translation Research in Russian-Language Translation Studies – a Reconnaissance
The Tower of Babel or Ivory Tower? The Reception of Western Translation Research in Russian-Language Translation Studies – a Reconnaissance

Author(s): Marta Kaźmierczak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Western translation studies; reception; circulation of scientific concepts; publishing policies; Russia

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to survey which texts and authors representing Western translation studies have been translated into Russian over the last seven decades and to describe the dynamics of the emergence of these translations as well as possible agendas behind their selection. It also traces, on a partial corpus, to what extent Russian translation scholars tend to cite and quote Western ones. The findings lead to a tentative conclusion that so far TS knowledge has been transferred mainly by unfrequent references to original publications and by way of mediated accounts (reviews, textbook summaries), while translations of particular studies have only recently begun appearing on a wider scale, their impact as yet uncertain.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: Sp. Iss. 2
  • Page Range: 7-52
  • Page Count: 46
  • Language: English