This invaluable volume explores the complex relations between the translator's textual action, the agency of the various parties involved in bringing about and exploiting translated works, and the social and political effects of this action and agency. The book's value lies in its detailed mapping of how all these complex intertextual, interpersonal and inter-group relations intertwine across the translated text. The book provides a clear route-guide for where socially-based translation studies is heading, and should be heading, in the 2010s and beyond.Francis R. Jones, Newcastle University, UKTranslation and Opposition is a must-read for anyone interested in the issues of agency, censorship and power. The articles provide a rich array of theoretical views and empirical case studies of different "interfaces where agency becomes manifest" in translation. Fascinating reading.Kaisa Koskinen, University of East Finland, FinlandForegrounding issues of power brokering, agency and conflicting subjectivities, Translation and Opposition engages in a critical dialogue with recent studies in the emerging domain of activist translation. Specialists in their respective fields, the contributors challenge traditional views on translation by both the depth and breadth of their respective case studies, covering an appealing variety of contexts, from (mis)translation in the literature of the Russian Empire, via rewrites of traditional folk stories in Turkey to community interpreting work in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Warmly recommended to anyone interested in the sociology of translation.Reine Meylaerts, Director of CETRA, Faculty of Arts, KULeuven, Belgium
