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This concluding essay is a response to the other chapters included in this volume and suggests potential directions for further research. It situates literary translation in the context of the struggle by the Soviet regime and its East European satellites to develop a differently organized and differently functioning cultural sphere, where top-down efforts, the day-to-day struggle for survival, and large- and small-scale resistance practices meshed to create a complex dynamic. It argues that translation came under particular scrutiny on the part of the authorities, resulting both in extensive efforts at policing it and in the high prestige and privileges enjoyed by translators as members of the cultural elite. Finally, it considers the repercussions of this era as they impact the practices of translation in postcommunist-era Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Chernetsky, V. (2022). A Battle for Translation. In: Rundle, C., Lange, A., Monticelli, D. (eds) Translation Under Communism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79664-8_14
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