Barriers to Intercultural Communication with Regard to Translations and Promotion of Romanian Literature Abroad Cover Image

Obstacole interculturale în traducerea si promovarea literaturii românesti în strainatate
Barriers to Intercultural Communication with Regard to Translations and Promotion of Romanian Literature Abroad

Author(s): Dan Lungu
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: translation; romanian literature; publishing world; post-communism; cultural differences

Summary/Abstract: Based on a participant observation research I have tried to identify some of the major barriers to intercultural communication with regard to translations and promotion of Romanian literature abroad. In this article, I bring into discussion three of them: defining literature in a different manner, new forms of “censorship” and controversial codes of contemporary Romanian literature.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 551-557
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian