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Given that the dissemination of enlightened thought in Europe was mostly effected through translations, the present collection of essays focuses on how its cultural adaptation took place in various national contexts. For the first time, the theoretical model of ‘cultural transfer’ (Espagne/Werner) is applied to the eighteenth century: The intercultural dynamics of the Enlightenment become manifest in the transformation process between the original and target cultures, be it by way of acculturation, creative enhancement, or misunderstanding. Resulting in shifts of meaning, translations offer a key not just to contemporary translation practice but to the discursive network of the European Enlightenment in general. The case studies united here explore both how translations contributed to the transnational standardisation of certain key concepts, values and texts, and how they reflect national specifications of enlightened discourses. Hence, the volume contributes to Enlightenment studies, at least as much as to historical translation studies.

Theory of literary translation --- Translation science --- Sociolinguistics --- anno 1700-1799 --- Europe --- #KVHA:Vertaalwetenschap --- #KVHA:Culturele transfer --- #KVHA:Verlichting --- Enlightenment --- European literature --- Translating and interpreting --- Europa --- Europese letterkunde --- Verlichting (geschiedenis) --- Vertaalkunde --- Vertalen --- Vertalen en cultuur. --- Translations --- History and criticism --- Intellectueel leven --- Vertalingen --- Geschiedenis en kritiek --- Europa. --- Sociale aspecten. --- Intellectual life --- Interpretation and translation --- Interpreting and translating --- Language and languages --- Literature --- Translation and interpretation --- Translators --- Translations&delete& --- Translating --- Sociolinguïstiek --- Literaire vertaalkunde --- Sociologische literatuurstudie --- Sociology of literature --- History and criticism. --- Mouvement des Lumières --- Traduction -- Europe --- Communication interculturelle -- Europe