Sociological formation and reception of a translation

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	Sociological formation and reception of a translation
	Xu, M.; Yu, J.
	2019-08-21
Source Publication	Translation and Interpreting Studies
ISSN	1932-2798
Pages	333-350
Abstract	This study draws on Bourdieu’s conceptualization of the international circulation of ideas to examine the sociological formation process of a translation. Taking the novel Border Town as an example, this study investigates the three phases: selection; labeling and classification; and reading and reception. It discovers that the first two phases have created favorable conditions for the reception of the translated novel, but the translation is not well received because the milieu of a cultivated public has not maturely developed. This article argues that the reception of a translation depends on the success of each phase of the sociological formation process. Any deficiency might spoil the reception. The reception of a translation is constructed and consecrated through joint efforts of different agents in each phase. Only through sociological consideration of the dynamics of the holistic formation process can we reach a real understanding of the reception of a translated work.
Keyword	sociology of translation sociological formation process reception literary translation Border Town
Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	51787
Document Type	Journal article
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Corresponding Author	Xu, M.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Xu, M.,Yu, J.. Sociological formation and reception of a translation[J]. Translation and Interpreting Studies, 2019, 333-350.
APA	Xu, M.., & Yu, J. (2019). Sociological formation and reception of a translation. Translation and Interpreting Studies, 333-350.
MLA	Xu, M.,et al."Sociological formation and reception of a translation".Translation and Interpreting Studies (2019):333-350.

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