Staging and Performing Translation by Marinetti, Cristina -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Staging and Performing Translation

Contents List of Figures and Table Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction

Notes References

Part I Explorations and Experiments in Theory and Practice

1 Metaphor and Metonymy: the Translator-Practitioner’s Visibility

Reflective practice Practice and the performable Practice and its contexts Practice and metaphor Practice and its re-creative strategies Laws that are no laws Notes References

2 The Translator as metteur en scène, with Reference to Les Aveugles [The Blind] by Maurice Maeterlinck

Verbal and non-verbal signifying systems Problematics of practice Notes References

3 Musical Realizations: a Performance-based Translation of Rhythm in Koltès’ Dans la solitude des champs de coton

Introduction The rhythm of Koltès’ writing in Dans la solitude des champs de coton Translation Process and performer Conclusion Notes References

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5 Inferential Meaning in Drama Translation: the Role of Implicature in the Staging Process of Anouilh’s Antigone

Introduction Logic and conversation Context, co-text and translated texts Examples The staging process Notes References

Part II Practical Perspectives on Translation, Adapting and Staging

7 Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera for the National Theatre: a 3p Opera?

Notes References

8 The Translator as Cultural Promoter: or how Renato Gabrielli’s Qualcosa Trilla went on the Road as Mobile Thriller

From cultural mediator to cultural promoter ‘Creating the market’ for my translation: the Scambiare Project The play: a tale of suicide and death Comparing texts: the play, the English translation and the Fringe adaptation Who decided to stage Mobile Thriller and why? The metamorphosis continues: Mobile ‘on the road’ at the Fringe Conclusion Notes References

9 Cow-boy poétré: a Bilingual Performance for a Unilingual Audience

The itinerary of Cow-boy poétré Bilingual performance for a francophone audience Surtitles Performance-based translation devices Conclusion Notes References

Part III In Conversation with Practitioners

10 Interview with Christopher Hampton

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11 Not Lost in Translation1

Lifting the lid on play selection Note

12 Roundtable on Collaborative Theatre Translation Projects: Experiences and Perspectives

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Part IV Politics, Ethics and Stage Translation

The play and its Hebrew productions Initial imposition of conflictual significance Translational decisions1 Imposition of conflictual significance by receivers Imposition of conflictual significance in translation: interpretation and beyond Note References

14 The Politics of Translating Contemporary French Theatre: How ‘Linguistic Translation’ Becomes ‘Stage Translation’

Notes References

15 Translating Zapolska: Research through Practice

Introduction Research contexts Zapolska and her contexts Defining research methodologies Zapolska’s corpus and its cultural transposition A brief research through practice case study Conclusion References

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