Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City

by Sherry Simon

Translating Montreal follows the trajectories of adventurous cultural translators such as Malcolm Reid, F.R. Scott, and A.M. Klein - pioneers of the 1950s and 1960s - Pierre Anctil, whose translations from Yiddish to French are emblematic of the dramatic reroutings now occurring across the Montreal landscape, and contemporary writer-translators such as Gail Scott, Erin Mouré, Jacques Brault, Michel Garneau, Nicole Brossard, and Emile Ollivier. Simon argues that translation is a dynamic and subtle tool for analysing cultural contact. An original take on cultural relations in the city, Translating Montreal explores the emergence of the "new" Montrealer. No longer "Franco-Québécois," "Anglo-Québécois," "immigrant," or "ethnic," the new Montrealer is a citizen of a mixed and cosmopolitan city.

Genres: Nonfiction

297 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Edith]

Intéressant. Les chapitres ne sont pas tous égaux. Ceux que j'ai trouvé les plus intéressants : les chapitres 1, 2, et 4.

[Abby]

Some amazing essays on translation, Canadian literature, and the interplay of Canada's two official languages in Montreal, an epicenter of bilingualism.