Ouvrir les lectures de la ville : traduction, paysage linguistique et solidarité à Parc-Extension

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Ouvrir les lectures de la ville : traduction, paysage linguistique et solidarité à Parc-Extension
Abstract
Through an approach that combines translation studies and linguistic landscape studies, the author investigates the role and significance of translation in creating the linguistic landscape of a multiethnic district. Focusing on Montreal’s Parc-Extension, a multicultural and historically disadvantaged neighbourhood currently at a crossroads, the author draws on field interviews to examine three community or artistic projects that use translation to inscribe the urban space with linguistic diversity: the documentary “Je me souviens d’un temps où personne ne joggait dans ce quartier” by filmmaker Jenny Cartwright; the Parc Ex Mutual Aid initiative, created in response to the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the multilingual COVID-19 resource directory set up by the Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l’égalité dans la santé et les services sociaux (ACCÉSSS). Drawing on Sherry Simon’s work on translation in the city, the author demonstrates the value of studying the linguistic landscape from a translation studies perspective. This approach reveals the historicity of the linguistic landscape and the way that translation not only gives visibility to languages that are too often invisible but also unites communities through collective action aimed at the urban text.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
Concordia University
Place
Montreal
Date
2023
# of Pages
viii-118p.
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Citation
Blondeau, David. “Ouvrir Les Lectures de La Ville : Traduction, Paysage Linguistique et Solidarité à Parc-Extension.” Master’s Thesis, Concordia University, 2023. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/992774/1/Blondeau_MA_F2023.pdf.
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