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Humanum ex machine: Translation in the post-global, posthuman world

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Mark O'Thomas

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Abstract

© 2017 John Benjamins Publishing Company. Translation sits at the epicentre of the biotech era's exponential growth. The terms of reference of this discipline are becoming increasingly unstable as humans interface with machines, become melded with them, and ultimately become a networked entity alongside other networked entities. In this brave new world, the posthuman offers a critical perspective that allows us to liberate our thinking in new ways and points towards the possibility of a translation theory that actively engages with other disciplines as a response to disciplinary hegemony. This article looks at how technology has changed and is changing translation. It then explores the implications of transhumanism and the possibilities for a posthuman translation theory. Ultimately, the survival of translation studies will be contingent on the survival of translation itself and its ability to question its own subjective, posthuman self.

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Author(s): O'Thomas M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Target

Year: 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 2

Pages: 284-300

Online publication date: 29/06/2017

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

Date deposited: 03/08/2017

ISSN (print): 0924-1884

ISSN (electronic): 1569-9986

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

URL: https://doi.org/10.1075/target.29.2.05oth

DOI: 10.1075/target.29.2.05oth

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