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Why is the play called Translations?
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Olivia Ollin Candidate no.- 7035 Pate's Grammar School - Centre no. - 57329 Coursework Section A 6. Why is the play called Translations? The notion of the word translation is most commonly associated with the idea of converting an expression into a different language; an idea certainly prevalent in Friel's play, through the Anglicisation of Irish place names and the numerous occasions where Owen interprets for the British soldiers. On another level, the word is also representative of the idea of converting something from one 'form, function or state to another'1, and is synonymous with the idea of change. Through the context of the British colonisation, we see not only the way in which the national identity of Ireland is altered, but also how personal identities are discerned and affected. The play is set in the summer of 1833, in rural North Western Ireland, a time of great political, social and economical unrest, amidst...
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