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In:Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 5
Edited by Yves Gambier and Luc van Doorslaer
[Handbook of Translation Studies 5] 2021
► pp. 159–164

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Museums and translation

 | Hong Kong Baptist University
Published online: 16 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hts.5.mus2
Article outline
  • 1.Translation and the exhibition space: Representation and contact
  • 2.Interlingual translation: Intertextual and intersemiotic issues
  • 3.Addressing different visitors
  • 4.Future directions
  • References
  • Further essential reading
References (17)
References
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Further essential reading
Bennett, Tony. 2018. Museums, Power, Knowledge: Selected Essays. London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean. 1992. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge. London: Routledge. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
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Silverman, Raymond A. (ed.). 2015. Museum as Process: Translating Local and Global Knowledges. London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
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