This book explores the uses of translation, translators, and interpreters in fiction as a gateway to introduce issues related to Translation Studies. The volume follows recent scholarship on Transfiction, a term used to describe the portrayal of translation (both a topic and a motif), as well as translators and interpreters in fiction and film. It expands on the research by Kalus Kaindl, Karleheinz Splitzl, Michael Cronin, and Rosemary Arrojo, among others. Although the volume reflects the preoccupation with translator visibility, it concentrates on the importance of power struggles within the translatorial task. The volume could be an invaluable tool to be used for pedagogical purposes to discuss theoretical aspects within Translation and Interpreting Studies.

Dieser Band präsentiert Beiträge namhafter Autor:innen zur translatorischen Theorie und Praxis. Die Themen reichen von der Ausgestaltung der Disziplin, unter anderem mit Blick auf zentrale Grundfragen des Übersetzens, Aspekte von Multimodalität und soziokognitive Translationsprozesse, bis hin zu Studien aus dem Feld der (Literary) Translator Studies, in denen Übersetzer:innen als Gestalter:innen im Zentrum stehen. Weitere Abschnitte widmen sich dem weiten Feld der literarischen Übersetzung, mit Fallstudien zu Übersetzungen aus verschiedenen Genres (Belletristik, Lyrik, Theatertexte, Operntexte, Jugendliteratur, Comics), sowie dem Wirken von fiktionalen Translator:innen in Film und Literatur. Ein persönlicher Nachklang mit Fokus auf dem Operntext als Übersetzungsphänomen runden den Sammelband ab. Der Band richtet sich an Forscher:innen aus der Translationswissenschaft und verwandten Disziplinen. Er liefert einen Einblick in rezente zentrale Entwicklungen des Fachs und spiegelt die facettenreiche Themenvielfalt aktuellen translationswissenschaftlichen Schaffens.

This volume on Transfiction (understood as an aestheticized imagination of translatorial action) recognizes the power of fiction as a vital and pulsating academic resource, and in doing so helps expand the breadth and depth of TS. The book covers a selection of peer-reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Fictional Translators and Interpreters in Literature and Film (held at the University of Vienna, Austria in 2011) and links literary and cinematic works of translation fiction to state-of-the-art translation theory and practice. It presents not just a mixed bag of cutting-edge views and perspectives, but great care has been taken to turn it into a well-rounded transficcionario with a fluid dialogue among its 22 chapters. Its investigation of translatorial action in the mirror of fiction (i.e. beyond the cognitive barrier of ‘fact’) and its multiple transdisciplinary trajectories make for thought-provoking readings in TS, comparative literature, as well as foreign language and literature courses.

This book contains transcripts from Online Alpha discussions where the video game PAYNE 1999, game theory and game-study theories are used for analysing and commenting on problems of conflict and cooperation in SPACE 1999. The discussions build on more than a decade of conversations and debate about PAYNE 1999, and the aim of the book is to put the various threads together while also developing new ideas and providing direction for further investigations. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis, and it is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.