“Illusion” in the Postcolonial Context: Translation Studies Still in Need of a Metalanguage or the Understated Lack of Ontology of Science

The purpose of this article is to trace the recurrent metaphor of ‘illusion’ in translation studies. Starting with the pioneering work of Jiří Levý titled The Art of Translation (Umění překladu [1963]), the optical metaphors for the subject matter of studies on translation reflect an ambiguity ab...

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Main Author: Ayşe Betül Sayın
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: transLogos: Translation Studies Journal 2019-12-01
Series:transLogos: Translation Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/913203