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Chapter 11
1rasn|at|on Stud|es as an Interd|sc|p||ne

21 ulsclpllne lnLerdlsclpllne or subdlsclpllne?
uesplLe Lhe boom ln lnLeresL ln Lhe fleld aL Lhe end of 20Lh cenLury Lhere
sLlll remalns relucLance wlLhln some secLlons of Lhe academlc world Lo place
LranslaLlon sLudles on an equal fooLlng wlLh longeresLabllsh dlsclpllnes
erhaps because of Lhls some moves ln recenL years have been Lowards
esLabllshlng llnks across dlsclpllnes 1ranslaLlon sLudles ls an example par
excellence of fleld whlch can brlng LogeLher approaches from wlde a range of
language and culLural sLudles modlfylng Lhem for lLs own use and developlng
new models speclflc Lo lLs own requlremenLs
An lnLerdlsclpllne Lherefore challenges Lhe currenL convenLlonal way of
Lhlnklng by promoLlng and respondlng Lo new llnks beLween dlfferenL Lypes of
knowledges and Lechnologles
vlewlng Lhe hlerarchy of dlsclpllnes as a prlmary or a secondary
relaLlonshlp Lo a new lnLerdlsclpllne lL ls lmporLanL Lo polnL ouL however LhaL
Lhe relaLlonshlp of over Lhe years from a sLrong llnk Lo conLrasLlve llngulsLlcs ln
Lhe 1960s Lo Lhe presenL prlmacy of culLural sLudles CLher secondary
relaLlonshlp sLudles such as LranslaLor Lralnlng

22 Mary SnellPornbys lnLgraLed approach
ln her books Mary SnellPornby revlews an daLLempLs Lo lnLegraLe a wlde
varleLy of dlfferenL llngulsLlc and llLerary concepLs ln a wlde varleLy of dlfferenL
llngulsLlc llLerary concepLs ln an overarchlng lnLgraLed approach Lo LranslaLlon
SnellPornby (199331) explalns LhaL horlzonLally Lhe dlagram ls Lo be rad as
aserles of cllnes from lefL Lo rlghL wlLh no clear demarcaLlons
ln her defence of LranslaLlon sLudles as new dlsclpllnes languages and
culLures (p 33 SnellPornbys emphasls)
1he lnLerdlsclpllnarlLy of Lhe sLudy ls also llmlLed use ls made of a range of
llngulsLlcs and psychologlcal Lheorles (scenesandframes semanLlcs speech acLs
proLoLype and gesLalL Lheory eLc) buL always wlLh Lhe alm of supporLlng a
relaLlvely LradlLlonal close readlng/LexL analysls

23 1he ComblnaLlon of LlngulsLlc Analysls and CrlLlcal 1heory
An lnLerdlsclpllnary research lnvolves a comblnlng llngulsLlcs meLhod of
analysls of llLeraLure wlLh a culLural Lheory angel enabllng sLudy of Lhe soclal and
ldeologlcal envlronmenL LhaL condlLlons Lhe exchange
24 lnLerdlsclpllnary Approaches
P Around 1991 1994 mosL of Lhe LlLles of Lhe papers cover a wlde range
of sub[ecL such as hlsLory LransnaLlonal culLure posLmodernlsm eLc
Powever beslde LhaL far fewer lndlvldual papers operaLe across
dlsclpllnes
P ln more recenL years LranslaLlon sLudles has gone beyond purely
llngulsLlcs approaches Lo develop lLs own models

1he Lxample (Parvey 1988/2000)
ln hls sLudy '1ranslaLlng Camp 1alk' he draws on Lhe Lheory of conLacL ln
language pracLlce an on pollLeness Lo examlne gender (homosexual) dlscourse of
camp l Lngllsh and lrench LexL and ln LranslaLlons
Pe marks Lhe guy ldenLlLy elLher dlsappear or are made pe[oraLlve ln 11
Pe llnks Lhls flndlng Lo lssues of Lhe LargeL culLure dlscusslng how for lnsLance
Lhe suppresslon of Lhe label guy ln Lhe LranslaLlon reflecLs a more general
relucLanL ln lrench Lo recognlze Lhe usefulness of ldenLlLy caLegorles as Lhe
sprlngboard for pollLlcal acLlon and a relaLlve absence of radlcal gay Lheorlzlng ln
conLemporary lrench
23 ulscusslon of lnLerdlsclpllnary Approaches
?eL Lhe consLrucLlon of lnLerdlsclpllnary meLhodology ls noL
sLralghLforward Parry warns agalnsL such blas and lays down a challenge Lo
LranslaLlon sLudy
Pls sLudy represenL an lmporLanL sLep forwards ln LhaL lL produces very
lnLeresLlng resulL by comblnlng a 'llngulsLlcs LoolklL' and a culLural sLudy
approach

26 1he 8ole of Changlng 1echnologles
1he changlng of Lhe Lechnologles really help and faclllLaLe Lhe
communlcaLlon among Lhe world lL also help Lhe LranslaLor and LranslaLlon
works ln Lransferrlng and sendlng Lhe daLa LhaL may noL do manually 1he
lnLerneL and some appllcaLlons make everyLhlng becomes easler Lo do