A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Multilingual practices in contemporary and historical contexts: interfaces between code-switching and translation




AuthorsKolehmainen L, Skaffari J

PublisherDE GRUYTER MOUTON

Publication year2016

JournalMultilingua

Journal name in sourceMULTILINGUA-JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERLANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

Journal acronymMULTILINGUA

Volume35

Issue2

First page 123

Last page135

Number of pages13

ISSN0167-8507

eISSN1613-3684

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2015-0038


Abstract

This article serves as an introduction to a collection of four articles on multilingual practices in speech and writing, exploring both contemporary and historical sources. It not only introduces the articles but also discusses the scope and definitions of code-switching, attitudes towards multilingual interaction and, most pertinently, the interfaces between code-switching and translation. The article shows that code-switching and translation share a number of features, yet have rarely been treated together. However, as there is a definite need to examine code-switching phenomena - particularly bilingual reiteration, which not only helps crossing language boundaries but also has other functions - from a variety of perspectives, including translation and interpreting studies, the article encourages closer collaboration between code-switching research and translation studies. It is possible to envisage a continuum of multilingual processes and products, with completely monolingual, untranslated text at one end and multilingual material with code-switching but no reiteration at the other. Along this continuum are a number of intermediate stages characterized by different types of inter-textual and intra-textual translation.



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