The Conference of the Tongues offers a series of startling
reflections on fundamental questions of translation. It throws new
light on familiar problems and opens up some radically different
avenues of thought. It engages with value conflicts in translation
and the social accountability of translators, and turns the old
issue of equivalence inside out. Drawing on a wealth of
contemporary and historical examples, the book teases out the
translator's subject-position in translations, makes notions of
intertextuality and irony serviceable for translation studies,
tries to think translation without transformation, and uses a
controversial sociological model to cast a cold eye on the entire
world of translating. This is a highly interdisciplinary study that
remains aware of the importance of theoretical paradigms as it
brings concepts from international law, social systems theory and
even theology to bear on translation. Self-reference is a recurrent
theme. The book invites us to read translations for what they can
tell us about translating and about translators' own perceptions of
their role. The argument throughout is for more self-reflexive
translation studies.
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