Silvia Montero Küpper

The Public Image of Book Translators in the Digital Press

Our work seeks to analyze how media coverage has approached the news regarding book translation in recent years. We study the discourse in the digital press starting from a quantitative assessment with the aim to analyze how the translator’s image is represented and how visible translators are. We ground our theory on Bourdieu’s concept of cultural, economic, social and symbolic capital (Bourdieu 1979, 1992). Thus, we take into consideration several aspects related to editorial and cultural policies. The starting point for our investigation are the findings made to date regarding the treatment of the figure of translators and interpreters. We note how the press hardly gives importance to book translators, despite the fact that translation is essential for the development of society

Sobre las subvenciones públicas a la traducción editorial gallega (2008-2016)

Literary translation is a social action and as such is comprised of several parts which include its reception as a product of the cultural industry, the publishing houses, translation policies, translators, etc. Decisions relating to the purpose of the translations (whether political, commercial or cultural) arise from the political, cultural and aesthetic positions that prevail at the time. Traditionally, most publications in the Galician language are published by private Galician publishing houses. Those published by public institutions amount to about 10% of all Galician published works while the ones published by national publishing houses account for 25% of the same. This paper analyses the calls for public grants announced for translation of published texts in Galicia from the beginning of the current economic crisis (2008) to recent times (2016). These calls have caused an impact on the promotion and planning of translations within private publishing houses. Economic factors and the award criteria used during the past years are analysed, in the light of a translation policy for a subaltern cultural system.

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