{"product_id":"translation-and-violence-paperback","title":"Translation and Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTiphaine Samoyault\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Hertich\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRethinking the ethics and politics of translation in the age of AI\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rapid development of AI-powered translation tools is making translation more accessible than ever before, raising in a dramatic new way the old utopian promise of translation--to allow transparent dialogue across linguistic barriers. But algorithmic translation brings great risks, including increasing inequalities in linguistic representation, reinforcing the dominance of a few languages, accelerating the disappearance of vulnerable languages, and even ostensibly eliminating the need to learn foreign languages. In \u003ci\u003eTranslation and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, Tiphaine Samoyault offers a provocative rethinking of the ethics and politics of translation in the age of AI. She shows how translation can be linguistically and politically violent--but also how it can be a means of resistance, justice, and reparation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book examines links between translation and violence during European colonialism and South African apartheid, under totalitarian regimes, and in Nazi camps. It engages with numerous philosophers and translation theorists, among them Derrida, Berman, Meschonnic, Glissant, and Spivak. And it offers detailed analyses of important literary texts that illustrate the violences of translating, including works by Proust, Primo Levi, Celan, and Perec. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite the violence that translation can do, \u003ci\u003eTranslation and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a theory and practice of translation that can contribute to dialogue between cultures, literatures, and languages, and to the political possibility of creating a common world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTiphaine Samoyault\u003c\/b\u003e is director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. An author, translator, and columnist for \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, she has published fiction as well as literary essays, and her books include \u003ci\u003eBarthes: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eTranslation and Violence\u003c\/i\u003e received the Anna de Noailles Prize from the Académie Française. \u003cb\u003eAlexander Hertich\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of French at Bradley University. His translations include René Belletto's \u003ci\u003eDying\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, as well as works by Simone de Beauvoir, Étienne Balibar, and Christian Gailly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841154842931,"sku":"9780691270234","price":50.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rQakIuWhSm9780691270234.webp?v=1793398457","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/translation-and-violence-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}