Andrea Rizzi

Ante la angustia y el desconcierto por el rumbo de un mundo que cambia a toda prisa, este texto sitúa, aclara y plantea escenarios de futuro. El mundo se precipita en una nueva, turbulenta época marcada por pulsos entre potencias y entre clases. Los resentimientos acumulados y el cambio de las relaciones de fuerza espolean el desafío de regímenes autoritarios como Rusia y China a la hegemonía occidental; mientras, en las democracias, el descontento de las clases más desfavorecidas da alas a los populistas. La era de la revancha es un retrato de la génesis, la interacción y el devenir de estas corrientes que confluyen en un peligroso remolino.

La era de la revancha

Anthony Pym

Birgit Lang

This book presents a dynamic history of the ways in which translators are trusted and distrusted. Working from this premise, the authors develop an approach to translation that speaks to historians of literature, language, culture, society, science, translation and interpreting. By examining theories of trust from sociological, philosophical, and historical studies, and with reference to interdisciplinarity, the authors outline a methodology for approaching translation history and intercultural mediation from three discrete, concurrent perspectives on trust and translation: the interpersonal, the institutional and the regime-enacted. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of translation studies, as well as historians working on mediation and cultural transfer.

A Trust-Based Approach

What is Translation History?

Eva Del Soldato

This volume focuses on early modern Italy and some of its key multilingual zones: Venice, Florence, and Rome. It offers a novel insight into the interplay and dynamic exchange of languages in the Italian peninsula, from the early fifteenth to the early seventeenth centuries. In particular, it examines the flexible linguistic practices of both the social and intellectual elite, and the men and women from the street. The point of departure of this project is the realization that most of the early modern speakers and authors demonstrate strong self-awareness as multilingual communicators. From the foul-mouthed gondolier to the learned humanist, language choice and use were carefully performed, and often justified, in order to overcome (or affirm) linguistic and social differences. The urban social spaces, the princely court, and the elite centres of learning such as universities and academies all shared similar concerns about the value, effectiveness, and impact of languages. As the contributions in this book demonstrate, early modern communicators — including gondoliers, preachers, humanists, architects, doctors of medicine, translators, and teachers—made explicit and argued choices about their use of language. The textual and oral performance of languages—and self-aware discussions on languages—consolidated the identity of early modern Italian multilingual communities.

Andrea Rizzi

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