In:Translation of Autobiography: Narrating self, translating the other
Susan XU Yun
[Benjamins Translation Library 136] 2017
► pp. 167–203
Chapter 6Translating the “other”
Unreliable narrator and discordant voice
Published online: 13 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.136.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.136.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2The “other” consciousness in translated narrative
- 6.3Fallible filter, unreliable narrator and discordant narration
- 6.4Fallible filters and translator-conscious irony
- 6.4.1Irony and empathy retained
- 6.4.2Irony and empathy created
- 6.4.3Irony and empathy erased
- 6.5Unreliable narrator and translator-unconscious irony
- 6.5.1Factual discrepancy
- 6.5.2Attitudinal inconsistence
- 6.5.3Ideological discordance
- 6.6Conclusion
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