[en] The paper introduces an ambitious project that brought together writers and translators from five different areas in Europe under the guidance of Paula Burnett (Brunell University). It uncovers literary texts that are written in languages that are not the official languages of the countries in which they were written, some of them belonging to earlier local languages, others to languages spoken by immigrants (and that may be anything but 'minority' languages inglobal terms) and makes them available in five 'major' languages. the usual question arises as to the legitimacy of such appropriation. Another issue is raised by the almost inevitable use of relay translation.
Research center :
CEREP - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Études Postcoloniales - ULiège CIRTI - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches en Traduction et en Interprétation - ULiège
Disciplines :
Literature Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Pagnoulle, Christine ; Université de Liège > Département de langues et littératures modernes > Département de langues et littératures modernes
Language :
English
Title :
The EmLit Project: many-sided gateways
Publication date :
09 April 2005
Event name :
Betwixt and Between: Place and Cultural Translation
Event organizer :
Queens University
Event place :
Belfast, United Kingdom
Event date :
from 08-04-2005 to 10-04-2005
Audience :
International
Commentary :
The EmLit project was financed by the European Commission.
