Translation and solidarity in the century with no future: prefiguration vs. aspirational translation

Baker, Mona

doi:10.1057/s41599-020-0400-0

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“…Namely, it probes not only how translation theories can explicate the case but also, perhaps more importantly, what this case reveals about the nature and dynamics of translation itself. Mona Baker's multiple works on translation and activism (for instance, Baker, 2006Baker, , 2010Baker, , 2013Baker, , 2020) establish a solid theoretical foundation for examining the role of translation and narration as potent acts of political subversion. In Baker's analysis, the function of translators and interpreters transcends the traditional conception of them being situated in a "'liminal' space between cultures and political divides" (Baker, 2013, p. 23).…”

Section: Translation As Resistancementioning

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Online Translation-as-Activism against Censorship: The Case of Translating The Whistle Giver

Tian

2023

IJCETI

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This research addresses the under-explored role of translation as a form of activism in China, particularly in the context of online platforms. While online activism in China has garnered significant attention, the specific role of translation as a transformative practice has received limited scholarly focus. This study examines the translation campaign surrounding The Whistle Giver, a censored article pertaining to COVID-19, which involved a collaborative effort by non-professional translators who strategically rendered the original text into various unreadable forms. By employing translation as a tool of metramorphosis, these translators challenged the dominance of official discourse and asserted their individual agency in shaping public narratives. This case study demonstrates the potential of Web 2.0-enabled translation as a means of combating censorship and fostering grassroots ideological struggles. Web 2.0 platforms play a pivotal role in facilitating the collaborative nature of this translation campaign, allowing for the dissemination and sharing of the transformed texts. The interactive and participatory features of Web 2.0 platforms provide fertile ground for the emergence of a playful and ritualistic dimension to the translation process. By harnessing the power of Web 2.0-enabled translation, activists forge a collective identity, challenging any existing power structures and fostering collective memories. This form of activism transcends traditional boundaries, utilizing translation as a transformative practice to shape public discourse and effect social and political change. The study sheds light on the crucial role of non-professional translators, the transformative potential of translation as a tool for resistance, and the impact of Web 2.0 platforms in facilitating collaborative and participatory practices.

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Section: Translation As Resistancementioning

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Online Translation-as-Activism against Censorship: The Case of Translating The Whistle Giver

Tian

2023

IJCETI

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“…Indeed, there is considerable research on collective gatherings that can attest to their positive outcomes for wellbeing, collective identity, and social action potential (Hill et al, 2022;. Collective events may also be prefigurative in nature; that is, they allow people to experience what a changed world might look like in real-time (Yates, 2015), and help empower people to bring that world about through political and collective actions (Baker, 2020). For vegans, experiencing an event free from all forms of animal consumption, where veganism is centred and welcomed, could provide a glimpse of the future they are working towards and empower activist efforts.…”

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Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Prosser¹,

O’Neill²,

Whitmarsh³

et al. 2023

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Minority actors can play an important role in social change processes, by refuting the majority social norm and modelling alternative pathways for society. However, acting in the minority can be difficult, and minority actors may encounter several obstacles on their path to social change. These obstacles might become so great that they experience ‘activist burnout’ and social isolation from their practices and may stop acting in pursuit of social change altogether. Here, we explore an event-based intervention that may encourage and help maintain minority-driven social change in the environmental context. Through on-site field interviews at an identity-centring event, we outline how ‘The Vegan Campout’, acts to validate and empower vegans to act in pursuit of social change. Our analysis demonstrates that the Vegan Campout functioned as a space where vegan identity, food and action was centred and celebrated. It was an important space for vegans to gain strength and ‘rekindle’ their vegan and activist identities and their activism efforts. Overall, these interviews show how attending an identity-centring event is an empowering experience for moralised minority groups working towards social change, which might protect their mental health, and bolster collective efficacy and motivation to engage in activism in the future.

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Translation as Experimentalism

Lee

2022

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This Element argues for a perspective on literary translation based around the idea of ludification, using concrete poetry as a test case. Unlike rational-scientific models of translating, ludic translation downplays the linear transmission of meaning from one language into another. It foregrounds instead the open-ended, ergodic nature of translation, where the translator engages with and responds to an original work in an experimental and experiential manner. Focusing on memes rather than signs, ludic translation challenges us to adopt an oblique lens on literary texts and deploy verbal as well as nonverbal resources to add value to an original work. Such an approach is especially amenable to negotiating apparently untranslatable writing like concrete poems across languages, modes, and media. This Element questions assumptions about translatability and opens the discursive space of literary writing to transgressive articulation and multimodal performance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Translation and solidarity in the century with no future: prefiguration vs. aspirational translation

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Online Translation-as-Activism against Censorship: The Case of Translating The Whistle Giver

Online Translation-as-Activism against Censorship: The Case of Translating The Whistle Giver

Overcoming (vegan) burnout: Mass-gatherings can provide respite and rekindle shared identity and social action efforts in moralised minority groups

Translation as Experimentalism

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