Translation, Adaptation and Transformation

Description

In recent years adaptation studies has established itself as a discipline in its own right, separate from translation studies. The bulk of its activity to date has been restricted to literature and film departments, focussing on questions of textual transfer and adaptation of text to film. It is however, much more interdisciplinary, and is not simply a case of transferring content from one medium to another. This collection furthers the research into exactly what the act of adaptation involves and whether it differs from other acts of textual rewriting. In addition, the 'cultural turn' in translation studies has prompted many scholars to consider adaptation as a form of inter-semiotic translation. But what does this mean, and how can we best theorize it? What are the semiotic systems that underlie translation and adaptation? Containing theoretical chapters and personal accounts of actual adaptions and translations, this is an original contribution to translation and adaptation studies which will appeal to researchers and graduate students.

Laurence Raw teaches Adaptation Studies and Literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Education, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.

[Translation, Adaptation and Transformation] offers a range of thoughtful chapters on various moments where translation and adaptation come together ... [T]he richness of the material here makes Raw's collection an important contribution to the ever-expanding field. * mTm: A Translation Journal * 'This valuable collection offers a thorough and engaging overview of the intersection between adaptation studies and translation studies. For too long the two fields have existed at an artificial distance from each other and Laurence Raw's carefully compiled collection of essays demonstrates the dialogue that is beginning to occur between the two fields. The resulting collection is a refreshing and urgent contribution to scholarship that should be essential reading for those working in the academic areas of adaptation and translation - and beyond.' -- Richard J. Hand, founding co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, and Professor of Theatre and Media Drama, University of Glamorgan, UK