Translation Studies – Tsadra Conferences https://conference.tsadra.org Buddhist Conferences Thu, 08 Dec 2022 04:37:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 Feminist Translation and Translation Studies: in Flux toward the Transnational https://conference.tsadra.org/session/feminist-translation-and-translation-studies-in-flux-toward-the-transnational/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:10:00 +0000 https://conference.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=18281 Reflections on Translating Women’s Lives and Teachings in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition https://conference.tsadra.org/session/reflections-on-translating-womens-lives-and-teachings-in-the-tibetan-buddhist-tradition/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:09:58 +0000 https://conference.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=18285 What Authority Can a Translation Claim? https://conference.tsadra.org/session/what-authority-can-a-translation-claim/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 05:15:42 +0000 http://conference-wp.tsadra.org/?post_type=session&p=14988 Although we recognise the fundamental importance of translation in the transmission of texts written in languages that we do not know, the question remains as to what authority a translation can claim. The relationship between translation and original has been a source of heated debate for centuries, with widely differing views as to how ‘faithfulness’ in translation might be defined. There is a paradox at the heart of how we view translation, for though we acknowledge the inherent difficulties of the task, we also take translation for granted to the point where translators become invisible. This paper will consider that paradox, and will trace some of the main strands of thought prevailing in the emergent discipline of Translation Studies, looking at issues of both aesthetics and ethics and exploring the role of the translator.

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