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Research on Translator and Interpreter Training
A Collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
This book comprehensively examines the development of translator and interpreter training using bibliometric reviews of the state of the field and empirical studies on classroom practice. It starts by introducing databases in bibliometric reviews and presents a detailed account of the reasons behind...
Style and Ideology in Translation
Latin American Writing in English
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book investigates the style, or ‘voice,’ of English language translations of twentieth-century Latin American writing, including fiction, political speeches, and film. Existing models of stylistic analysis, supported at times by computer-assisted analysis,...
Consecutive Interpreting
An Interdisciplinary Study
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
This book sheds light on the phenomenon of consecutive interpreting. It combines phenomenological and empirical analyses to build a communication theory of interpreting. The author begins by reviewing mainstream research on consecutive interpreting and then dissociates himself from it, conducting...
Culture, Language and Identity
English–Tamil In Colonial India, 1750 To 1900
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism, mid-18th to late-19th century, the English-speaking missionaries and East India...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
The present study examines the interrelation between literary texts, their successive retranslations and the corresponding historical, social and cultural backgrounds that inform these versions. In the case of each text, the authors analyse both the external factors (sociohistorical circumstances,...
Meeting the Language Challenges of NATO Operations
Policy, Practice and Professionalization
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
After 40 years of Cold War, NATO found itself intervening in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan, where the ability to communicate with local people was essential to the success of the missions. This book explains how the Alliance responded to this challenge so as to ensure that the missions did not fail through lack of understanding.
Translation Theory and Development Studies
A Complexity Theory Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book aims to provide a philosophical underpinning to translation and relate translation to development. The second aim flows from the first section’s argument that societies emerge out of, amongst others, complex translational interactions amongst individuals. It will do so by conceptualising...
Research Methods in Interpreting
A Practical Resource
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
This is the first book to deliver a comprehensive guide to research methods in all types of interpreting. It brings together the expertise of two world-recognized scholars in spoken and signed language interpreting to cover the full scope of the discipline.
It features questions, prompts and...
Textual Travels
Theory and Practice of Translation in India
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
This book presents a comprehensive account of the theory and practice of translation in India in combining both its functional and literary aspects. It explores how the cultural politics of globalization is played out most powerfully in the realm of popular culture, and especially the role of translation...
by Douglas Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book offers an introduction for Translation Studies (TS) scholars to Critical Translation Studies (CTS), a cultural-studies approach to the study of translation spearheaded by Sakai Naoki and Lydia H. Liu, with an implicit focus on translation as a social practice shaped by power relations in...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Culture has a significant influence on the emerging trends in translation and interpretation. By studying language from a diverse perspective, deeper insights and understanding can be gained. Redefining Translation and Interpretation in Cultural Evolution is a pivotal reference source for the latest...
Translation in African Contexts
Postcolonial Texts, Queer Sexuality, and Cosmopolitan Fluency
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Author Evan Maina Mwangi explores the intersection of translation, sexuality, and cosmopolitan ethics in African literature. Usually seen as the preserve of literature published by Euro-American metropolitan outlets for Western consumption, cultural translation is also a recurrent theme in postcolonial...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism...
by Shelby Kar-yan Chan
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
In this book, Shelby Chan examines the relationship between theatre translation and identity construction against the sociocultural background that has led to the popularity of translated theatre in Hong Kong. A statistical analysis of the development of translated theatre is presented, establishing...