Delistathi, C. 2023. Work practices as processes of validated knowledge production in the Greek translation of the Selected Works of Marx and Engels. Translab4: Translation and Labour Symposium. University of Westminster 06 Jul 2023
| Title | Work practices as processes of validated knowledge production in the Greek translation of the Selected Works of Marx and Engels |
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| Authors | Delistathi, C. |
| Type | Conference paper |
| Abstract | In 1951, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) published a Greek translation of the Selected Works of Marx and Engels which included a statement on the work practices followed for its creation, i.e. that it was the product of teamwork. Adopting a Foucauldian perspective, the paper considers work practices as processes of validated knowledge production and responds to the conference theme ‘translation and interpreting as labour, work, and action’. Based on KKE publications and archival material, it investigates how work practices were enacted to generate the “correct” translation of Marxist texts. It will be argued that the party’s efforts to dominate Marxist discourse entailed the codification of the theory and the creation of definitive translations aimed at being accepted as “correct”. To this end, the party instructed on the appropriate method to translate, and established an organisational model for the translation of Marxist texts, which encompassed a web of accountabilities of contributors. |
| Keywords | Translation of Marxism, Marxism and Greece, translator work practices, processes of knowledge validation, history of knowledge, translation process, collaborative translation, institutional translation |
| Year | 2023 |
| Conference | Translab4: Translation and Labour Symposium |
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| Published | 2023 |