A Survey of Translation Practices of Art Museums in French-speaking Switzerland

Diplôme Master A Survey of Translation Practices of Art Museums in French-speaking Switzerland eng 2022 author Gilmore Grace Manon 922279 director Pickford Susan 973177 Driven by changing ideology and financial concerns, museum communications have undergone a cultural shift in recent decades toward a more interactive model of communication implicating museum employees as well as museum audiences. Translation is an important tool in audience engagement and shaping museum exhibition communications but has been relatively little studied until recently. This thesis undertakes some of the groundwork of describing translation practices in French-speaking Switzerland through a survey of 23 museum employees from 19 art museums across French-speaking Switzerland. Among other findings, individual freelance translators are identified as the majority of translators of exhibition materials within the sample. Results also touch upon how the particularity of Swiss language policy affects practices in the museum in monolingual and bilingual cantons. Language policy at the museum level is also discussed as a potential boundary practice for bringing museums closer to best practices in museum translation. Survey Museum translation Art translation Language policy Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en traduction spécialisée 111 Département de traduction 91 false abe60ba1-0ee2-4514-b4a2-3a054bb1fa8c Master thesis Public MemoireGMGilmore_final_non-plagiat.pdf 782455 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction

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Gilmore, Grace Manon