Delistathi, C. 2023. Translator work practices and the construction of the correct interpretation of Marxism in post-war Greece. Target: International Journal of Translation Studies. 35 (4), p. 573–594. https://doi.org/10.1075/target.21143.del
| Title | Translator work practices and the construction of the correct interpretation of Marxism in post-war Greece |
|---|---|
| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Delistathi, C. |
| Abstract | In 1951, the Communist Party of Greece published a Greek translation of the Selected Works of Marx and Engels which included a statement on the work practices followed for its creation. This article considers work practices as processes of validated knowledge production. It investigates how they were enacted to create the ‘correct’ translation of Marxist texts, and advances our understanding of the relationship between social structures, power, and processes of validated knowledge production. It argues that the party’s collaborative, centralised, and professionalised organisational model alongside mechanisms of surveillance and discipline of agents in translation sup- ported its claims of owning the ‘correct’ interpretation of Marxism. The statement on the work practices was intended to influence the publication’s reception: the reader was encouraged to accept the party’s translation as accurate. Adopting a Foucauldian perspective, the investigation draws on party publications and archival material to study translation work practices in novel ways. |
| Keywords | work practices |
| translator work practices | |
| translation of Marxism | |
| Marxism in Greece | |
| translation and knowledge production | |
| history of Marxism | |
| Journal | Target: International Journal of Translation Studies |
| Journal citation | 35 (4), p. 573–594 |
| ISSN | 0924-1884 |
| 1569-9986 | |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1075/target.21143.del |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 16 Mar 2023 |
| Published in print | Jan 2024 |