ERC Consolidator Grant · 2020
Textual Microcosms: A New Approach in Translation Studies
Interlinear translation – a bilingual genre that includes an original text and its word-for-word ‘equivalents’ in translation written in alternating lines on a single page – has been practiced in diverse societies over many centuries, yet has been little studied. Because it prioritizes detail and precision, the interlinear translation paradigm tells us more than any other about the workings of translation and the unavoidable choices inherent in every translation act. This project employs the interlinear text as a theoretical and methodological framework to study inter- and intra-cultural contacts, intersections and divergences. Approaching such texts as “textual microcosms,” it will explore…
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