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<p>The conceptual metaphor that sees translation as “border crossing” is so widespread that nowadays it hardly appears as a metaphor: it has become a commonsensical notion. Our contribution tries to question it by exploring a number of interdisciplinary approaches, which draw parallels – more or less metaphorical ones – between culture and biology. We will analyze, within these different approaches, the notion of border/limit, in order to show an alternative that seems more apt to capture the complexity of translation – the notion of membrane.</p>
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The conceptual metaphor that sees translation as “border crossing” is so widespread that nowadays it hardly appears as a metaphor: it has become a commonsensical notion. Our contribution tries to question it by exploring a number of interdisciplinary approaches, which draw parallels – more or less metaphorical ones – between culture and biology. We will analyze, within these different approaches, the notion of border/limit, in order to show an alternative that seems more apt to capture the complexity of translation – the notion of membrane.

Traductrices, traducteurs : sommes-nous une frontière ? Sommes-nous une membrane ?

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The conceptual metaphor that sees translation as “border crossing” is so widespread that nowadays it hardly appears as a metaphor: it has become a...

Traductrices, traducteurs : sommes-nous une frontière ? Sommes-nous une membrane ?

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 69 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2021-0003

Keywords
translation, frontier, border, membrane, cultural Darwinism, systems theories

© 2021 Fabio Regattin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Traductrices, traducteurs : sommes-nous une frontière ? Sommes-nous une membrane ?

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 69 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2021-0003

Keywordstranslation, frontier, border, membrane, cultural Darwinism, systems theories

© 2021 Fabio Regattin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
translation, frontier, border, membrane, cultural Darwinism, systems theories