Grammars of Living Break their Tense: World Englishes and Cultural Translation
Grammars of Living Break their Tense: World Englishes and Cultural Translation
This chapter explores how World Englishes can be understood as instances of cultural translation, focusing ultimately on the example of Singapore. It begins by considering the extent to which cultural translation is a problematic because imperialist concept and practice. Arguing against a translation based on the transparency of a demanding and Western globalization, the chapter focuses on different examples of language use in Singapore that can be interpreted in terms of the performative. This stress on the performative draws on both World Englishes studies and postcolonial studies, for example the work of Homi K. Bhabha.
Keywords: Translation, Transparency, Singapore, Performativity, Homi K. Bhabha
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