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Title |
Title of document |
Translation and Major Categories in the Study of Religions: The Case of "Religion" and "Spirituality" in West Bengal - Researching Global Religious Landscapes |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Måns Broo; Åbo Akademi University ; |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Marcus Moberg; Åbo Akademi University; Finland |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Peter Nynäs; Åbo Akademi University; Finland |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Mallarika Sarkar Das; University of Calcutta; |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Sohini Ray; Indian Institute of Management, Joka; |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Faith Q-set; Cross-cultural religion; comparative religion; translation in humanities research; translingual-practice approach; translation in fieldwork; research methodology |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
contemporary religion |
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Description |
Abstract |
The translation of research instruments presents a window to the many difficult conceptual problems related to commensurability or incommensurability. We often face them in cross-cultural studies involving different cultures and languages. Hence, a translation process may gain a methodological value in itself and produce significant data. In this chapter we examine the process of translating the Faith Q-set into Bengali. This case study reflects many of the issues that we came across in working with translations of the Faith Q-set from English to eleven different target languages. The impact of linguistic, conceptual and cultural differences become evident in this study, and we question the ideal that one can overcome cross-cultural boundaries, and modestly prefer to refer to the quality of a translation process with respect to target groups. Yet, in contrast to the impact of cultural differences, and supported by a translingual-practice approach, we emphasise that comprehensibility and understanding still emerge through different forms of linguistic contact, interaction and interpretation. This happens on a historical and societal level as well as on a micro-level within the interviews. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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16-Apr-2024 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/44295 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.44295 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Researching Global Religious Landscapes |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |