Refereed article in compilation book (A3)
Translators and the task of popular education: Furthering knowledge in Finland in the 19th century
List of Authors: Paloposki Outi
Editors: Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov, Liisa Tiittula and Maarit Koponen
Place: Quebec
Publication year: 2017
Book title *: Communities in Translation and Interpreting
Title of series: Vita Traductiva
Number in series: 9
Start page: 63
End page: 85
ISBN: 978-2-924337-09-7
eISBN: 978-2-924337-10-3
ISSN: 1927-7806
This article forms part of my larger study on translators’
work practices and working environments in the late 19th century
Finland. The focus here is on translators’ information searches. Translators have
always needed to find out about things: whether they translate fiction or
non-fiction, agricultural manuals or novels, they need to look for information
and explanations. The article draws on prefaces, footnotes, correspondence and translation
reviews to analyze translators’ methods of searching information and to assess
their impact on popular education.
