Ecology has become a central question governing the survival and sustainability of human societies, cultures and languages. In this timely study, Michael Cronin investigates how the perspective of the Anthropocene, or the effect of humans on the global environment, has profound implications for the way translation is considered in the past, present and future. Starting with a deep history of translation and ranging from food ecology to inter-species translation and green translation technology, this thought-provoking book offers a challenging and ultimately hopeful perspective on how translation can play a vital role in the future survival of the planet.
Author(s): Michael Cronin
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 188
City: London
Tags: translation studies, translation
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgement......Page 9
Introduction: Earthlings......Page 12
The Anthropocene......Page 19
Post-Anthropocentrism......Page 23
Place, resilience, relatedness......Page 26
Attention......Page 31
Visibility......Page 36
Logic of inversion......Page 39
Transition......Page 41
Energy......Page 43
Notes......Page 49
2. Eating our words......Page 51
Migration......Page 52
Intralingual translation......Page 53
Recipes for disaster?......Page 55
Mutability......Page 58
Food ecology......Page 62
Technology, translation and food......Page 65
Slow language......Page 68
Intersemiotic translation......Page 75
Notes......Page 77
3. Translating animals......Page 78
Human exceptionalism......Page 79
Tradosphere......Page 81
Communication......Page 84
Disciplines......Page 98
Geontology......Page 101
Notes......Page 103
4. The Great Transition......Page 105
Impact......Page 107
Low-tech......Page 113
Data......Page 117
Demand-side ecology......Page 118
Organisation of knowledge......Page 122
The Great Transition......Page 126
5. Language worlds......Page 131
Travelling through language......Page 132
Place......Page 133
Decline......Page 137
Politics and culture......Page 140
Communication......Page 143
Language worlds......Page 146
Language deficit......Page 152
Children......Page 156
Resources......Page 157
Notes......Page 164
Bibliography......Page 165
Index......Page 180
