Cultural encounters in translation from Arabic [electronic resource] / edited by Said Faiq. - 1st ed. - Clevedon, U.K. ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2004. - xii, 138 p. - Topics in translation ; 26 . - Topics in translation ; 26. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-136) and index.

The cultural encounter in translating from Arabic / The cultural context of translating Arabic literature / Exoticism, identity and representation in Western translation from Arabic / Autobiography, modernity and translation / Integrating Arab culture into Israeli identity through literary translations from Arabic into Hebrew / Translating Islamist discourse / On translating oral style in Palestinian folktales / The Qur'an : limits of translatability / Translating native Arabic linguistic terminology / Towards an economy and poetics of translation from and into Arabic / Said Faiq -- Richard Van Leeuwen -- Ovidi Carbonell -- Tetz Rooke -- Hannah Amit-Kochavi -- Mike Holt -- Ibrahim Muhawi -- Hussein Abdul-Raof -- Solomon I. Sara -- Richard Jacquemond.


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Arabic language--Translating.
Translating and interpreting.


Electronic books.

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