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In:Journalism and Translation in the Era of Convergence
Edited by Lucile Davier and Kyle Conway
[Benjamins Translation Library 146] 2019
► pp. 15–42

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Chapter 1
Translingual quoting in journalism

Behind the scenes of Swiss television newsrooms

 | University of Jyväskylä
 | Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Published online: 24 April 2019
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on translingual quoting (TQ), i.e. the sub-process of news-writing by which utterances from sources are both quoted and translated. Analyses of journalists’ mental and material activities suggest conceptualizing TQ as a complex and dynamic activity in which journalists’ individual and collective (e.g. institutional) language awareness, knowledge, and practices interact with multi-layered contexts of text production. Based on this empirically and theoretically grounded concept of TQ, the chapter presents a two-part typology of TQ: in sequential TQ, ready-made media items or interview materials are translated into another language; in parallel TQ, interviews and/or texts for media items are produced in different languages by one and the same journalist.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Quoting with a translational aspect
  • 3.Existing research pointing to translingual quoting
  • 4.The study: Translingual quoting in Swiss television newsrooms
    • 4.1Clarifying and updating quotes (the ELEC case)
    • 4.2Misinterpreting a metaphoric expression in a quote (the LEBA case)
    • 4.3Amending translation to make a quote smoother (the YOGA case)
    • 4.4General findings: Two types of translingual quoting
      • 4.4.1Translingual quoting 1, TQ1: Translating ready-made quotes
      • 4.4.2Translingual quoting 2, TQ2: Translating interview utterances
      • 4.4.3Potential challenges
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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