The act of interpretation has been central to Western American history. At every historical juncture, interpreters were active and present—conveying meaning between people speaking mutually unintelligible languages, bartering for goods and power along borders, and translating intentions from gestures, acts, and words. While research on interpreters within zones of cultural exchange has grown among scholars of early modern Europe and Asia, the historiography of interpreters of the American West remains deficient.
Translating Past to Present offers a new perspective on the historical significance of interpretation and translation. This collection explores how the current sparse historiography relates to a lack of transparency about interpretive acts, both in historical and contemporary practices, and calls attention to the subjectivity of interpretive acts and historians’ role in shaping how historical messages are represented. By summoning interpreters from the margins of history, Translating Past to Present spans broad geographies and chronologies to provide a long-overdue examination of the practices of interpretation in the American West.
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Interpreters in the American West and Beyond
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Interpreters in the American West and Beyond
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A Message and a Dance for Zebulon Pike
- Part 1
- 1. From Indigenous Interpreters to Creole Control
- Misinterpreting for James Wilkinson
- 2. Captains of Civility
- Maungwudaus Maintains Peace
- 3. William Wells . . . Interpreter?
- Ma-Son-Ne John Simpson Smith
- Part 2
- 4. Translating Slavery
- Jeffrey Deroine, Freedman and Ioway Interpreter
- 5. The Interpreter Generation
- Changing Names
- 6. Diplomacy in the Aftermath of Pancho Villa’s Raid
- John Collier
- 7. Interpreters of Diné dóó Gáamalii Oral Histories
- Rough Interpretations
- Part 3
- 8. “Do You Solemnly Swear to Interpret Accurately and Without Bias?”
- Dueling Interpretations
- 9. Puente, ຂົວ, Bridge
- Interpreting for and in Vietnam
- 10. Keeping Faith
- Call Me Phillip Morris
- Contributors
- Index
- About Andrew Offenburger
- About Patricia Nelson Limerick
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