Translation Under State Control Books for Young People in the German Democratic Republic By: Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781138828391, 1138828394 eText ISBN: 9781135844073, 1135844070 Edition: 1st Pages: 276 Copyright year: 2009 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.18 USD SKU 9781135844073R90 In this book, Gaby Thomson-Wohlgemuth explores the effects of ideology on the English-to-German translation of children’s literature under the socialist regime of the former German Democratic Republic. Giving prominence to extra-textual factors, the study undertakes a close investigation of the East German censorship machinery, showing that there was a close correlation between the socialist ideology propagated by the regime and the book selection process itself. Through an analysis of the contents of the print permit (censorship) files and the afterwords found in many books, Thomson-Wohlgemuth Download ebook: https://ouo.io/QAg3nm2
