Questions of Mediation in the Translation of Tourist Texts

Autori

  • Mirella Agorni Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, sede di Brescia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/1963

Parole chiave:

linguistics, translation, specialized discourse, tourism studies

Abstract

The notion of “mediation”  - meant as a symbolic space for interplay and negotiation -  is one on the main characteristic of the language of tourism. The force of tourism communication lies in its capacity to develop a language capable of coping with the functions and needs of the extremely diverse components of this field. Hence, a variety of discursive strategies and linguistic features are exploited and textually organised into hybrid text genres, in order to meet the needs of professionals working in several areas (transport, tourist information, tourist accommodation etc).
Not only is tourism communication subject to a high degree of negotiation at textual level, but the concept of “mediation” surfaces also at the ideational level of language. The purpose of tourism is to negotiate the encounter with the Other, and in doing so identities are very often re-arranged and distorted.
The object of this paper is to analyse what happens when tourism-fashioned identities are transported across linguistic, social and cultural barriers.

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Biografia autore

Mirella Agorni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, sede di Brescia

Mirella Agorni è professore associato in Lingua e Traduzione Inglese Presso la sede di Brescia dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano  - Settore Disciplinare L/LIN 12. I suoi interessi di ricerca comprendono la teoria della traduzione, la storia della tra-duzione, la didattica della traduzione e i linguaggi di specialità (lingua del turismo).
Tra le sue pubblicazioni:
Mirella Agorni, 2002, Translating Italy for the Eighteenth Century: Women, Translation and Travel Writing, St Jerome Publishing, Manchester.
Mirella Agorni, 2005, (a cura di), La traduzione: teorie e metodologie a confronto, LED, Milano.

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Pubblicato

2012-02-02

Come citare

Agorni, Mirella. 2012. «Questions of Mediation in the Translation of Tourist Texts». Altre Modernità, febbraio, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/1963.