Power and Ideology in South African Translation

This book provides a social interpretation of written South African translation history from the seventeenth century to the present, considering how trends involving various languages have reflected ideologies and unequal power relations and focusing attention on translation's often hidden social operation. Translation is investigated in relation to colonial mercantilism, scientific knowledge of extraction, Christian missionary conversion, Islamic education, various nationalisms, apartheid oppression and the anti-apartheid struggle, neoliberalism, exclusion and post-apartheid social transformation by employing Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory. This book will be an essential resource for scholars, graduate students, and general readers who are interested in or work on the history and practice of translation and its cultural agents in the South African context.

Provides a diachronic study of South African translation history and practice, from the 17th century to the present Demonstrates that translation is never innocent or merely functional by providing evidence of inter-cultural power struggles and ideologies Applies Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory (SST) in the investigation of translation practices

Autorentext

Maricel Botha is Senior Lecturer at North-West University, South Africa. She completed her doctorate in applied linguistics and literary theory with a focus on translation sociology and has taught various graduate translation courses and academic literacy since 2015.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Social Systems Theory: Fundamentals and Adaptation.- Chapter 3: Commencement: Knowledge Exportation.- Chapter 4: Advent: Complex Conversion.- Chapter 5: Establishment: Nationalist Incentive.- Chapter 6: Peak: Oppression and Resistance.- Chapter 7: Recession:Transformation.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.