Sarah M. A. Reed holds a PhD in French and Translation from the University of Adelaide, where she is currently a Visiting Research Fellow and casual French tutor. She is the author of «Howdunnit? The French translation of Australian Cultural identity in Philip McLaren’s crime novel Scream Black Murder/Tueur d’Aborigènes», published in The Translator in 2016. Her main research interest lies in the textual and paratextual representations of cultural identity when translated for a new readership, with a particular focus on the translation of Australasian and Pacific literatures.

«Through the detailed analysis of four important Australian crime fiction novels and their translations, Reed shows how some key aspects of Australian cultural identity,like the Outback and Aboriginal culture, are transferred into French, and what is lost, distorted or recreated. A must-read for translators and lovers of Australian literature.»(Dr Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia)

• CONTENTS: Translation, Cultural Identity, Crime Fiction – Australian Cultural Identity – The Fortunes of Australian Crime Fiction in France – Richard Flanagan and Philip McLaren: «Australian Authors» – Comparative Textual Analysis – Approaches to Translation – Translating Place – Translating Behaviours – Translating Language Use.

Sarah M. A. Reed holds a PhD in French and Translation from the University of Adelaide, where she is currently a Visiting Research Fellow and casual French tutor. She is the author of «Howdunnit? The French translation of Australian Cultural identity in Philip McLaren’s crime novel Scream Black Murder/Tueur d’Aborigènes», published in The Translator in 2016. Her main research interest lies in the textual and paratextual representations of cultural identity when translated for a new readership, with a particular focus on the translation of Australasian and Pacific literatures.

«Through the detailed analysis of four important Australian crime fiction novels and their translations, Reed shows how some key aspects of Australian cultural identity,like the Outback and Aboriginal culture, are transferred into French, and what is lost, distorted or recreated. A must-read for translators and lovers of Australian literature.»(Dr Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia)

• CONTENTS: Translation, Cultural Identity, Crime Fiction – Australian Cultural Identity – The Fortunes of Australian Crime Fiction in France – Richard Flanagan and Philip McLaren: «Australian Authors» – Comparative Textual Analysis – Approaches to Translation – Translating Place – Translating Behaviours – Translating Language Use.

Sarah M. A. Reed holds a PhD in French and Translation from the University of Adelaide, where she is currently a Visiting Research Fellow and casual French tutor. She is the author of «Howdunnit? The French translation of Australian Cultural identity in Philip McLaren’s crime novel Scream Black Murder/Tueur d’Aborigènes», published in The Translator in 2016. Her main research interest lies in the textual and paratextual representations of cultural identity when translated for a new readership, with a particular focus on the translation of Australasian and Pacific literatures.

«Through the detailed analysis of four important Australian crime fiction novels and their translations, Reed shows how some key aspects of Australian cultural identity,like the Outback and Aboriginal culture, are transferred into French, and what is lost, distorted or recreated. A must-read for translators and lovers of Australian literature.»(Dr Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia)

• CONTENTS: Translation, Cultural Identity, Crime Fiction – Australian Cultural Identity – The Fortunes of Australian Crime Fiction in France – Richard Flanagan and Philip McLaren: «Australian Authors» – Comparative Textual Analysis – Approaches to Translation – Translating Place – Translating Behaviours – Translating Language Use.