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Understanding Im/politeness Through Translation

The English-Greek Paradigm

Authors:

  1. Maria Sidiropoulou

    1. Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  • Focuses on im/politeness as a societal phenomenon in communication

  • Brings translation to the fore as a novel perspective in the study of im/politeness

  • Employs authentic translation data from Greek and English from various genres

Part of the book series: Advances in (Im)politeness Studies (AIMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Im/politeness in Translated Non-fiction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. On Translation and Im/Politeness

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 3-21

    3. Im/Politeness in Translated Press Discourse

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 23-52

    4. Im/politeness in Translated Academic Discourse

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 53-76

  3. Im/politeness in Translated Fiction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Translation, Im/Politeness and Fiction

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 79-93

    3. Im/Politeness and Translated Drama

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 95-136

    4. Im/Politeness, Fiction and AVT

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 137-166

    5. Im/Politeness and Translation: Concluding Remarks

      • Maria Sidiropoulou
      Pages 167-176

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 177-180
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About this book

This book offers a unique window to the study of im/politeness by looking at a translation perspective, which offers a different set of data and allows further understanding of the phenomenon. In the arena of real-life translation practice, the workings of im/politeness are renegotiated in a different cultural context and thus pragmatically oriented cross-cultural differences become more concrete and tangible. The book focuses on the language pair English and Greek, a strategic choice with Greek as a less widely spoken language and English as a global language. The two languages also differ in their politeness orientation in certain genres, which allows for a fruitful comparison. The volume focuses on press translation first, then translation of academic texts and translation for the stage, and finally audiovisual translation (mainly subtitles). These genres highlight a public, an interactional, and a multimodal dimension in the workings of im/politeness.
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Keywords

  • translation and (im) politeness
  • media / theatre translation
  • translation for the stage
  • genre-sensitive approach to translation
  • English Greek translation
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Maria Sidiropoulou

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About the author

Maria Sidiropoulou is professor of Translation Studies, director of two translation MAs,  one of which is interdepartmental, director of the “META-FRASEIS Translation Studies and Interpreting” Laboratory, and was chair of the Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Dec. 2017 – Aug. 2020). Her recent publications deal with intercultural pragmatically oriented issues manifested through translation in the press, in EU documentation, in advertising, in academic discourse, in literature, and on stage and screen.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Im/politeness Through Translation

  • Book Subtitle: The English-Greek Paradigm

  • Authors: Maria Sidiropoulou

  • Series Title: Advances in (Im)politeness Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63530-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63529-9Published: 02 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63532-9Published: 03 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63530-5Published: 01 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2524-4000

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-4019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pragmatics, Translation, Global/International Theatre and Performance

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