Cultural mediation in New Zealand postcolonial translation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Cultural mediation in New Zealand postcolonial translation

Published:2018-10-08 Issue:2 Volume:63 Page:254-271
ISSN:1868-0267
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Author:

Wohlfart Irmengard¹

Affiliation:

1. Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University of Technology Auckland New Zealand

Abstract

Abstract This paper examines cultural mediation in three different cases of postcolonial translation: 1) the translation of the Treaty of Waitangi from English into Māori; 2) Patricia Grace’s English-Māori writing ‘Potiki’, which issues challenges to postcolonial and neocolonial practices and philosophies; and 3) the German translation of ‘Potiki’. The specific purpose of the translations was political or commercial and these purposes were achieved. Yet, cultural mediation to successfully bridge the respective cultural interstices was not desired in the translations of the former texts and not completely accomplished in the German text.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/les-2018-0015/pdf

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