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I. Redirecting Translatio Studii: Translation, Memory, and Multilingualism I. Redirecting Translatio Studii: Translation, Memory, and Multilingualism
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II. Laüstic: Translation, Composition, and Memory II. Laüstic: Translation, Composition, and Memory
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III. Chevrefoil: Translation, Suppression, and Transformation III. Chevrefoil: Translation, Suppression, and Transformation
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IV. Bisclavret: Non-Translation and Untranslatability IV. Bisclavret: Non-Translation and Untranslatability
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V. L’Espurgatoire Seint Patriz: Translation, Memory, and the Limits of Translatability V. L’Espurgatoire Seint Patriz: Translation, Memory, and the Limits of Translatability
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VI. Reframing Remembrance in Marie’s Writing: Memory and Translation in England VI. Reframing Remembrance in Marie’s Writing: Memory and Translation in England
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3 Translation, Memory, and the Limits of Translatability in the Writing of Marie de France
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Published:October 2023
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Abstract
The ambivalent connection between translation and memory examined in translation studies whereby translation is simultaneously a site of effacement and preservation resonates with works attributed to Marie de France, particularly the Lais and the Espurgatoire. This chapter examines how the engagement with translation and memory in these texts is related to the vernacular multilingualism of the Angevin context in which they were written, a context in which French had particular significance as an instrument of insular cultural memory. It is argued that Marie’s consciousness of the value of translation into French in this setting intersects with more conceptual uses of translation. The Lais and the Espurgatoire connect (un)translatability as a feature of translational writing to the thematics of translation developed in the texts themselves; these works suggest that translation entails loss and preservation while grounding ways of thinking or knowing that partially compensate for such loss.
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