Translating Interpreting category: 690 books
by Susan Bassnett
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In a time when millions travel around the planet; some by choice, some driven by economic or political exile, translation of the written and spoken word is of ever increasing importance. This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds...
by Michael Cronin
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
This highly accessible introduction to translation theory, written by a leading author in the field, uses the genre of film to bring the main themes in translation to life. Through analyzing films as diverse as the Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera, The Star Wars Trilogies and Lost in Translation,...
The Tale of Genji
Translation, Canonization, and World Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Michael Emmerich thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of the early modern and modern history of The Tale of Genji. Exploring iterations of the work from the 1830s to the 1950s, he demonstrates how translations and the global circulation of discourse they inspired turned The Tale of Genji...
Classics and Interpretations
The Hermeneutic Traditions in Chinese Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
In recent years in the "West," scholars have attempted to unravel old constructs of interpretation and understanding, using the discipline of hermeneutics, or the scientific study of textual interpretation. Borrowed from students of the ever growing body of biblical interpretive literature...
Jin Ping Mei English Translations
Texts, Paratexts and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This book investigates the English translations and adaptations of the sixteenth century classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Acclaimed the ‘No.1 Marvellous Book’ of the Ming dynasty, Jin Ping Mei was banned soon after its appearance, due to the inclusion of graphically explicit sexual descriptions....
by Maeve Olohan
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Routledge Translation Guides cover the key translation text types and genres and equip translators and students of translation with the skills needed to translate them. Concise, accessible and written by leading authorities, they include examples from existing translations, activities, further reading...
by Ann Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
A beguiling exploration of the joys of reading across boundaries, inspired by the author’s year-long journey through a book from every country.
Ann Morgan writes in the opening of this delightful book, "I glanced up at my bookshelves, the proud record of more than twenty years of reading,...
Language, Culture and Power
English–Tamil in Modern India, 1900 to Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 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...
Translation and Identity in the Americas
New Directions in Translation Theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Translation is a highly contested site in the Americas where different groups, often with competing literary or political interests, vie for space and approval. In its survey of these multiple and competing groups and its study of the geographic, socio-political and cultural aspects of translation,...
Media Across Borders
Localising TV, Film and Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
What happened when Sesame Street and Big Brother were adapted for African audiences? Or when video games Final Fantasy and Assassins’ Creed were localized for the Spanish market? Or when Sherlock Holmes was transformed into a talking dog for the Japanese animation Sherlock Hound? Bringing together...
The Future of Translation Technology
Towards a World without Babel
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Technology has revolutionized the field of translation, bringing drastic changes to the way translation is studied and done. To an average user, technology is simply about clicking buttons and storing data. What we need to do is to look beyond a system’s interface to see what is at work and what...
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,...
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...