1. Introduction: Science Fiction and Translation / Ian Campbell -- 2. Speculative Fiction, Translation, and Transformation / Rachel Cordasco -- 3. An Insufficient Process of Internationalization : Militant Translation and the Experience of Translating into English the Best-Selling Catalan (Sf) Novel Ever / Sara Martn -- 4. Ungendering the English Translation of the Strugatskys' The Snail on the Slope / R. B. Lemberg -- 5. (Not) Translating the Incomprehensible : Defamiliarizing Science, Technology, and Science Fiction in Harry Martinson's Aniara / Daniel Helsing -- 6. Imperfect Words for an Imperfect World : Language and Translation in Chroniques du Pays des Meres by Elisabeth Vonarburg / Tessa Sermet -- 7. Speculative Orientalism? On "Eastern" and "Western" Referents in Boualem Sansal's 2084 / Erin Twohig -- 8. Philip K. Dick in French : A Mutating Voice / Amlie Lespilette -- 9. Ponying the Slovos : A Parallel Linguistic Analysis of A Clockwork Orange in English, French, and Spanish / Niall Curry, Jim Clarke, and Benet Vincent -- 10. Censorship or Cultural Adjustment? Sexualized Violence in Hungarian Translations of Asimov's Second Foundation / Bogi Takcs -- 11. Translating the Pathologized Body as a Tool of Nationalism in Chinese Science Fiction / Virginia L. Conn -- 12. Translating the Chinese Monster in Waste Tide / Yen Ooi -- 13. Ghosts, Aliens, and Machines : Epistemic Continuity and Assemblage in Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Science Fiction / Suparno Banerjee -- 14. The Clockwork Chrysalis : Enslavement Poetry of Juan Francisco Manzano / Alexis Brooks de Vita -- 15. The Estrangement of Political Trauma in Two SF Novels by Basma Abdelaziz / Ian Campbell -- 16. The Translation of SF Tropes in Dog War II / Ikram Masmoudi.
Summary:
Science Fiction in Translation: Perspectives on the Global Theory and Practice of Translation focuses on the process of translation and its implications. The volume explores the translation of works of science fiction (SF) from one language to another and the translation of SF tropes, terms, and ideas of SF theory into cultures outside the West. Providing a comprehensive examination of the state of translation into English, the essays consider how representative the body of translated work of SF is from the source language/culture. It also considers the social, political, and economic choices in selecting a work to translate. The book illustrates the dramatic growth both in SF production outside the Anglosphere, the translation of works from other languages into English, and the practice of translating English-language SF into other languages. Altogether, the essays map the theory, practice, and business of SF translation around the world.
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