I choose Goffman, who says that we are performing and that performance changes depending on who we are with. We change the way we talk depending on who is listening (we talk differently with our parents than with our friends) #hwa4 #translationacts

I choose Schechner because I also do agree that performance is restored behavior- for ex. Slideshows and bold words are repeated. Also, before saying something, we humans like to think it through (scenario, how to say, what to say) in our minds beforehand, as shown in lecture! #hwa4 #translationacts

Schechner said translation is a restored behavior. Meaning we do it over and over again. In the lecture you use memes as an example. We use these over and over again and constantly change the meaning as we use it. This is performative as we decide the meaning whenever we want. #hwa4 #translationacts

Luckmann & Berger's argument applies to Yingleshi on how it is considered a "performance" and seems to create a sort of bias to the listeners interpretation of it #hwa4 #translationacts

even translating a joke needs deciding how to recreate its effect for a different audience #hwa4 #translationacts

Goffman is basically saying we change how we present ourselves depending on who were around. Like with friends, family, school, or work, we adjust the way we talk and act so it fits that situation and the people in it. #hwa4 #translationacts

I choose Goffman. According to him, we’re performing based on our surroundings. He calls this impression management. Softening your tone or updating subtitles for a joke is deciding how the text comes across, so translation is a performance, not just a transfer of language.
#hwa4 #translationacts

What you do when you translate is more than just changing words from one language to another. With Homi Bhabha's Third Space in mind, translation is not a perfect mix of cultures, but it's a place where many things can happen. #hwa4 #translationacts

Richard Schechner defines performance as something we do repeatedly. For language we speak the same words and phrases over and over. This can be powerful as someone's idea of language can influence others and ultimately replace original identity. #hwa4 #translationacts

Relating this to more specifically translations, perhaps then we would rewrite information across languages in the same manner/style/demeanor. Even in the same language when taking notes, for example, our version of performative translation would be condensing information. #hwa4 #translationacts

Schechner's twice-behaved behavior really comes into everyday performance in social norms and cognitive schemas. When we go outside and meet new people, we usually introduce ourselves in a particular format. We ask for each other's names and background in a formal manner #hwa4 #translationacts

Even if the translation has a small or large change in it's original meaning, that translation itself, essentially, creates an alternate reality of the original. #hwa4 #translationacts

Berger and Luckmann's idea that reality itself is made through performance helps us understand that translation itself can warp reality. Translation is a performance because the translator intentionally picks and chooses what words or meanings to emphasize. #hwa4 #translationacts

#hwa4 #translationacts Goffman argues that we are always performing, ex: code switching. We code-switch in our friendships, with our parents, in our professional lives, and more, to cater to that audience, match their expectations, and resonate with them more. We choose how to perform for them

The translator also makes choices about how people understand the meaning, which can shape how they see the world. #hwa4 #translationacts

Goffman's ideas are a perfect explanation of how translations are a performance. We are constantly translating, not just between languages, but to communicate what we want to. When we describe events, for example, we "translate" and give an account that presents us favorably. #hwa4 #translationacts

#hwa4 #translationacts if we use the example of the translated bible, Berger and Luckmann would argue that the translation of the bible created another world/realm of religion when meaning is lost within translation

1. Groffman says that we are always preforming and this applies to translation because as it said in #hwa4 , we use translation as a way to twist things around to what we like and get rid of things we think are unnecessary #translationacts

Berger and Luckmann argument apples to Yingleshi being a performance. It creates a new reality bias to the listener's interpretation #hwa4 #translationacts

Translators would also have to consider the audience that receive the texts, they have to be very careful with the potential influence. Cuz translation is always political, it has to be performative in certain way no matter it’s protection of a country or oneself. #hwa4 #translationacts