Translation as Politics: Translating Nikolai Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler in Nineteenth-Century France 1

• Published in: Vivlīoḟika no. 11; pp. 163 - 184
• Main Author: Baudin, Rodolphe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Duke University Libraries 22.12.2023
• Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences; Literature; Karamzin; politics; travelogue; Letters of a Russian Traveler; Karamzin Letters of a Russian Traveler travelogue Descriptive Translation Studies France Russian-French cultural relations politics; France; Russian-French cultural relations; Descriptive Translation Studies

This article examines the three translations of Nikolai Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler published in nineteenth-century France. Relying on Descriptive Translation Studies so as to challenge the traditional narrative about the political innocuousness of Karamzin's travelogue, it re...