Descriptions, Translations and the Caribbean

From Fruits to Rastafarians

AvRosanna Masiola,Renato Tomei

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book offers a new perspective on the role played by colonial descriptions and translation of Caribbean plants in representations of Caribbean culture.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-21
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:323 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:143
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319409368

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Rosanna Masiola is Professor of English and Translation at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. Masiola is the author of twenty monographs, as well as edited works including West of Eden: Botanical Discourse Contact Languages and Translation (2009) and Law Language and Translation: From Concepts to Conflicts (2015), both with Renato Tomei. Renato Tomei is Assistant Professor of English and Translation at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tomei is author of Jamaican Speech Forms in Ethiopia (2015), and co-author of Advertising Culture and Translation: From Commonwealth to Global (forthcoming).

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Paradise Lost in Translation.- Chapter 2: Multilingual phytonymy: eco-translation and vernaculars.- Chapter 3: Songs and the Caribbean: invention and adaptation.- Chapter 4: Language Redemption: Bob Marley in Translation.