The Manipulation School: André Lefevere
The Manipulation School: André Lefevere
On every level of the translation process, it can be shown that, if linguistic considerations enter into conflict with considerations of an ideological and / or poetological nature, the latter tend to win out. (André Lefevere)
One of the criticisms that has, sometimes, been levelled at the polysystem theory is that it tends to disregard the ideological factors, which have a considerable impact on the translators' decisions. It is true that they are mentioned by the translation scholars working within polysystem, and Toury's preliminary norms refer to translation policies carried out by different institutions favouring the selection of particular literary works for translation on ideological grounds. Yet, it was rightly felt, even in the "early" days of Translation Studies, that ideological manipulation through translations could well become a fundamental area of investigation of its own, providing a considerable amount of data for the......
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