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JulianofNorwich’sShewings:TranslationasRe-vision
ABSTRACT:
Tepapertakesacognitive-culturalviewof(in)fidelityintranslation.Since
ithasbeenconvincinglyarguedthatCognitiveLinguistics(CL)caninformthestudyof
translation,weadoptthemethodologyandconceptualtoolsofCL,includingitsmajor
tenetofmeaningasconceptualisation.WeexplorethisproblemusingJulianofNorwich’s
lateMiddleEnglishShewings,inwhichtheanchoressrecountshervisionaryexperiences.
TereligioustextisrepletewithsymbolicrevelationsinterspersedwithJulian’sattemptsat
theirinterpretation.Inouranalysis,weexplorehowlinguisticimageryisre-constructed
intherenderingofthelate-medievaltextbyMirabaiStarr.
KEYWORDS:
cognitive-culturallinguistics,interspirituality,JulianofNorwich,mysticism,
religiousdiscourse
CognitiveLinguisticsandTranslationStudies:
AnOverviewoftheRelationship
Sofaragreatdealofscholarlyattentionhascentredon(in)fidelityinin-
terlingualtranslation.Whatcallsformorein-depthresearchis(un)faith-
fulnessincontemporarytranslationsofhistoricaltexts.Tepaperadopts
aCognitiveLinguistic(CL)perspectiveonthequestionof(in)fidelityin
renderinghistorical,religioustexts.Insodoing,wesetouttoconsider
theimplicationsofacognitively-orientedapproachtoequivalence,one
ofthefundamentalnotionsinTranslationStudies(TS).
RojoandIbarretexe-Antufiano(2013,3)elucidatethatforalong
timetherelationshipbetweenlinguisticsandthefieldoftransla-
tionresearchwasa“love-hate”one,whichinpartresultedfromthe
priorityassignedtothestudyofthelinguisticsystem,ratherthan
languageuse.However,afertheyearswhensuchprescriptivepre-
vailed,approachestotranslationinwhichlinguisticshadasuperior
status,theculturalturnin
TS
thatoccurredinthe1980sand1990s
consolidatedtranslationresearchasaseparatediscipline.Hence,
