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Translation and war

Translation and war
Translation and war

The requirement for translation is inherent in warfare, since, with the exception of civil wars, most wars are fought between countries that speak and write in different languages. Every stage of warfare depends on gathering and exchanging information, whether in preparation for conflict, in engagement with combatants and non-combatants, or in managing the transition to peace. Consequently, translation is crucial to ensuring that information is intelligible to those who need to understand it. Translation also attempts to reduce the ‘want of trustworthiness’ that Clausewitz saw as bedevilling all information in war (Clausewitz 1968: 162).

162-176
Taylor & Francis
Footitt, Hilary
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Kelly, Michael
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Evans, Jonathan
Fernandez, Fruela
Footitt, Hilary
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Kelly, Michael
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Evans, Jonathan
Fernandez, Fruela

Footitt, Hilary and Kelly, Michael (2018) Translation and war. In, Evans, Jonathan and Fernandez, Fruela (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Politics. Taylor & Francis, pp. 162-176. (doi:10.4324/9781315621289).

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The requirement for translation is inherent in warfare, since, with the exception of civil wars, most wars are fought between countries that speak and write in different languages. Every stage of warfare depends on gathering and exchanging information, whether in preparation for conflict, in engagement with combatants and non-combatants, or in managing the transition to peace. Consequently, translation is crucial to ensuring that information is intelligible to those who need to understand it. Translation also attempts to reduce the ‘want of trustworthiness’ that Clausewitz saw as bedevilling all information in war (Clausewitz 1968: 162).

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e-pub ahead of print date: 19 April 2018
Published date: 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 422996
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422996
PURE UUID: 921d4d95-b36d-47a3-8a55-dc94f1ada8bf
ORCID for Michael Kelly: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-3860

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Date deposited: 09 Aug 2018 16:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:32

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Author: Hilary Footitt
Author: Michael Kelly ORCID iD
Editor: Jonathan Evans
Editor: Fruela Fernandez

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