Elisa Segnini speaks to Frederika Randall: tilting at the Leaning Tower, or translating irony in two writers from Northeast Italy

In this conversation, we address the effect of the internationalization of the book market on the world-wide circulation of Italian fiction; the ethics and responsibility of the translator of Italian classics into American English, and the challenges entailed in translating irony.

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Published in:Translator (Manchester, England) England), 2021-07, Vol.27 (3), p.302-312
Main Author: Segnini, Elisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American English
Ethics
Fiction
Frederika Randall
Globalization
Ippolito Nievo
Irony
Italian language
Italian literature
Literary translation
Luigi Meneghello
multilingualism
Randall, Frederika (1948-2020)
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Summary:In this conversation, we address the effect of the internationalization of the book market on the world-wide circulation of Italian fiction; the ethics and responsibility of the translator of Italian classics into American English, and the challenges entailed in translating irony.
ISSN:1355-6509
1757-0409
DOI:10.1080/13556509.2018.1500132