Translation Strategies in Global News: What Sarkozy Said in the Suburbs

by Claire Scammell

This book analyses the translation strategies employed by journalists when reporting foreign news events to home audiences. Using English-language press coverage of inflammatory comments made by Nicolas Sarkozy in his role as French interior minister in 2005 as a case study, the author illustrates the secondary level of mediation that occurs when news crosses linguistic and cultural borders. This critical analysis examines the norm for 'domesticating'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319740237
• ISBN13: 9783319740232
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"