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In:The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 157–170

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Chapter 9
The remaking of the translator’s reality

The role of fiction in translation studies

Published online: 14 February 2018
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Article outline
  • Introduction
  • The relationships between fiction, research and reality
    • The reality of fiction
    • The fictions of reality in research
  • Intersecting points
    • Translation theory
    • Translation and identity
    • Translation and historiography
    • Translation pedagogy
    • Translation anthropology
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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