the scandals of translation
lawrence venuti

here is a very rich and diverse exploration of top down politics and cultural capitalism in the translation industry:

a french poet loosely translates classical greek authors into french and puts his name on the pieces.

objectionable foreign politics are siphoned from cold-war translations of italian book-club fiction to promote a stereotypical image of the family-oriented catholic patriarchy.

a cabal of pipe-smoking professors shapes the american perception of post-war japan by strategically masking its westernization with the selection of only romanticized imperial texts for translation.

translators dont get dick for pay or kudos.

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