Based on many years of experience in educational practice and theoretical engagement, Methu Tharavasa asks how postcolonial approaches can contribute to anti-discrimination work in Germany.
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Translators make decisions that have an enormous impact on how texts arrive in linguistic contexts beyond the language they were written in. Especially in literary translation, many of these decisions are related to questions of aesthetics and style. But these are also, as our macht.sprache. project is making increasingly clear, decisions with political undertow and ramifications. The translator’s note is often a moment that allows translators to communicate to their readers the considerations that went into their decision-making.
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