Fantasy Translators as Social Agents in Taiwan

Abstract

In Chapter 3, it is assumed that the translating practices in the Taiwanese book market constitute a field of translation. It is supposed to be located in between the publishing field, the literary field and the academic field of Taiwan, where forces such as public services, mass media, educators, publishers, editors, writers, translators, readers, critics, reviewers and scholars interact and negotiate with one another. While encountering the external political, social and cultural forces, this translation field of fantasy literature in the Taiwanese book market is taking shape, constantly transforming and interacting with other fields. The interactions happening between the agents working within the field and the external forces, in return, influence this translation field and the outside world. It becomes a reciprocal loop.