Sue Vice

 This article assesses the role that translation has played in the transmission of Holocaust testimonies that have been shown to be false or embellished. It analyses how elements of such fakery are apparent in different ways in the various linguistic versions. Close readings are given of the details of translation from French in the case of Martin Gray's exaggerated For Those I Loved; from German in relation to Binjamin Wilkomirski's entirely fabricated Fragments; and the complex process of a back-translation into English from a French translation in the case of Misha Defonseca's equally fictional Surviving with Wolves. </jats:p

Translating the Self: False Holocaust Testimony

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