Declining the interpreter’s role in World War I

Authors

  • Peter James Cowley University of Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52034/lanstts.v15i.394

Keywords:

translators, interpreters, conflict zones, World War I, André Maurois, Paul Maze, Hansi

Abstract

In this article I will examine autobiographical and fictionalised accounts of World War One by three French interpreters: the writer André Maurois, the painter Paul Maze, and the cartoonist Hansi. All three worked as officiers de liaison with the British Expeditionary Force, discharging their duties in remarkably divergent ways and accounting for them equally differently. My focus will be on how their accounts can be read as representations of the role of the interpreter, and at the same time how the figure of the interpreter, underpinned by the assumption of neutrality, is deployed to represent other activities in conflict zones. 

Author Biography

Peter James Cowley, University of Queensland

Peter Cowley lectures in French and Translation Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.

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Published

07-12-2016

How to Cite

Cowley, P. J. (2016). Declining the interpreter’s role in World War I. Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies, 15. https://doi.org/10.52034/lanstts.v15i.394

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Vol. 15 (2016): Interpreting in conflict situations and in conflict zones throughout history

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