The architectures of translation : a magic carpet-ride through space and time (or, the awkward story of how we dis/placed Krisztina Tóth’s short fiction from Hungarian to English)

Hurley, UK ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8275-7677 and Naray-Davey, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-6389 2018, 'The architectures of translation : a magic carpet-ride through space and time (or, the awkward story of how we dis/placed Krisztina Tóth’s short fiction from Hungarian to English)' , Cogent Arts and Humanities, 5 (1) , p. 1426183.

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Abstract

This interdisciplinary paper unfolds an account of a collaborative translation project, which draws on Ellen Eve Frank’s concept of “literary architecture” to propose a process of “architectural translation”. Our proposal is illustrated by a detailed account of our experiences translating the short fiction of contemporary Hungarian writer, Krisztina Tóth (b. 1967) into English. Staged as a journey through space, time and text, our enquiry frames the process in Barbara Godard’s terms as one of dis/placement, finding resonances with Rosi Braidotti’s nomadic subject and practices of feminist mimesis. Situating Tóth’s fiction in a European feminist literary heritage, we deploy a range of concepts drawn from translation, architecture, literary criticism and feminist philosophy to synthesise a translation strategy which engages the spatial, not only as a metaphor but a methodology for our project. In this account, we propose an architectural methodology as a tool for radical translators, and offer the process of translation as a way of thinking about internal and external spaces in postcolonial contexts.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Cogent Arts and Humanities
Publisher:	Cogent OA / Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	2331-1983
Related URLs:	Publication
Depositing User:	Dr Ursula Hurley
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2018 09:05
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 22:51
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/45105

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