Traduire à plusieurs. Collaborative Translation

This volume attempts to take stock albeit provisionally of the thorny issue of collaborative translation. To do so, it brings together reflections from several theorists, such as Jean-René Ladmiral and Yves Gambier, who offer an epistemology of translation as a collective practice. A concluding section by Maryla Laurent revisits the philosophical stakes of plural translation within a multilingual and multicultural context.

Between these contributions, numerous specialists examine in both French and English a wide range of questions, beginning with those related to literary tradition (poetry, theatre, the novel and short story, and certain aspects of the Bible). This inquiry spans various European languages and cultures, while also taking into account editorial and commercial contexts.

Several researchers and translators then turn to specialized translation (scientific, technical, institutional, legal, etc.), sketching the image of a translator who is increasingly no longer working alone. Other contributors address the complex issue of new technologies and their impact on translation practices, as well as on our very conception of text and translation, which always implies beyond technical concerns an ethical dimension.

Enrico Monti is a Senior Lecturer in English and Translation Studies at the University of Haute-Alsace. A member of ILLE and a PhD graduate of the University of Bologna, his research focuses on metaphor translation, retranslation, and contemporary American literature. Among his publications are the co-edited volumes Autour de la retraduction (Paris, Orizons, 2011) and Tradurre figure / Translating Figurative Language (Bologna, BUP, 2014).

Peter Schnyder is Professor Emeritus of French and European Literature at the University of Haute-Alsace. Among his most recent edited works are De l’écriture et des fragments. Fragmentation et sciences humaines (Paris, Classiques Garnier, “Théorie littéraire”, 2016, with Frédérique Toudoire-Surlapierre) and, with Robert Kopp, Gide, Copeau, Schlumberger. L’art de la mise en scène (Paris, Gallimard, “Cahiers de la NRF / Les Entretiens des Treilles”, 2017).