ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents the dissident bodies and the English translation as a mediating tongue. It shows the Japanese translations and performances of plays by First Nations playwright Tomson Highway and Aboriginal playwright Roger Bennett speak of and to how colonized peoples who have had little chance/desire to see themselves reflected in the power structure have taken advantage of transglobal communication/travel to other ends/identities. The book considers how the translation of the Quebecois playwright Michel Marc Bouchard's Les Feluettes ou La Repetition d'un drame romantique fits into a discussion of Quebecois resistance to English translation through a consideration of how Bouchard's play arrives in Japanese via the English translation of Linda Gaboriau. It also includes Nogami's discussion of translation theory and practice to consider how he approaches and appraises Western translation of Japanese no.
