Journal "Vertimo studijos"
25 May 2021
Vertimo studijos (eng. Translation Studies) is an annual academic journal that publishes articles covering a wide range of topics concerning translation and interpreting. The goal of the publication is to provide a forum for discussion for Lithuanian and foreign scholars on the theory and practice of translation, to introduce the latest findings in translation research to its readership, to encourage scholarly discussion and seek answers to questions raised in the fields of translation and interpreting. The submitted articles are peer-reviewed and discussed by the members of the Editorial Board.
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The current issue of the Journal (2023).
All volumes of the journal can be found here.
This research, funded by Lithuanian Research Council, aims to systematically investigate the relationship between translation and censorship in Soviet Lithuania (1940–1990 m.). The relationship is complex and multifaceted: it encompasses the criteria according to which authors and their works were selected for or excluded from translation (preventive and repressive censorship), specific instances of political, religious and moral censorship, and the role of the translator as a censor (self-censorship). In view of the above, the project will analyse the ideological aspects of translation, in particular, the state of the art in censorship research in the world and the context of literary translation practice in Soviet Lithuania; compile the annotated bibliographical index of all translations done during the fifty years of the Soviet rule: the analysis of this data will help reveal the extent of preventive censorship; interview translators and editors of the Vaga publishing house involved in translation in Soviet times to establish cases of repressive and self-censorship; analyse selected translated works for evidence of political, religious or moral censorship and present the findings about the works that had been thus distorted to the public.