Understanding Im/politeness Through Translation

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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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.

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

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

  Maria Sidiropoulou

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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