Institutional memory and translating at the DGT

• Siobhan Brownlie ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Manchester

     University of Manchester

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: The Translator: studies in intercultural communication, ISSN 1355-6509, Vol. 23, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 1-16
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article aims to explore notions of memory with a focus on ‘institutional memory’, and to illustrate how such concepts can be useful in the study of translation in relevant contexts. Following an explanation of the theoretical framework, a case study is presented. The case study considers documentary data concerning the Directorate General for Translation (DGT) of the European Commission, and focuses particularly on data from a set of interviews of 14 in-house translators undertaken by the researcher at the DGT in January 2013. The article will be of interest to Translation Studies researchers who would like to investigate a Memory Studies approach to translation, and also to those interested in translators’ perspectives on translation activity at the DGT.