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censorship
Cold War
communism
cultural resistance
Czech Republic
Czech translation
diaspora
dissidence
East Central Europe
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Hamlet
historical translation
linguistic resistance
literary translation
literature and politics
national identity
national revival
political translation
postcolonial studies
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Soviet Ukraine
Soviet Union
Stalinism
theatre translation
totalitarianism
translation and war
translation as activism
translation history
translation studies
Ukraine
Ukrainian translation
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- ISBN 9788024661209
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 144 x 205mm
- Publication Date: 05 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
- Publication City/Country: CZ
- Product Form: Paperback
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A groundbreaking scholarly account of translation as a form of resistance in Ukrainian and Czech history, from imperial oppression to Soviet censorship and beyond.
In cultures and communities under pressure, whether from a powerful neighbor or a hegemonic ideology, translation becomes a political act. Shaped by the constraints of the moment, both translations and their paratexts are subject to forces that compromise quality or restrict freedom of expression, even as translators seek to bring home the quality and expressive freedom of their originals. In Translation as Resistance, the role translation has played and continues to play in reframing language and power in Czech and Ukrainian cultures is presented and interrogated by Czech and Ukrainian translators.
In cultures and communities under pressure, whether from a powerful neighbor or a hegemonic ideology, translation becomes a political act. Shaped by the constraints of the moment, both translations and their paratexts are subject to forces that compromise quality or restrict freedom of expression, even as translators seek to bring home the quality and expressive freedom of their originals. In Translation as Resistance, the role translation has played and continues to play in reframing language and power in Czech and Ukrainian cultures is presented and interrogated by Czech and Ukrainian translators.
Zuzana Štastná is assistant professor at Charles University’s Institute of Translation Studes. Iryna Odrekhivska is associate professor at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Stanislav Rubáš is associate professor at Charles University’s Institute of Translation Studies.
