Full Description
Translation plays a vital role in society - it allows us to share knowledge and enrich our lives through access to other cultures. Translation studies is a rapidly evolving academic discipline, directly impacted by advances in technological aids, and with close connections between theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from internationally-renowned scholars, this Handbook offers an authoritative, up-to-date account of the many facets of this buoyant discipline. It covers different themes, areas of practice and developing trends, and provides an overview of the major sub-fields, and the connections between them. It is organised into six parts covering the nature of translation, its roles in society, its relationships with other disciplines, a selection of its factual genres, a selection of its art-related genres and, finally, its role in history. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for students, teachers and scholars of translation studies, modern languages, linguistics, social studies and literary studies.
Contents
Introduction Kirsten Malmkjær; Part I. The Nature of Translation: 1. Theories of translation Jeremy Munday; 2. The translation process Fabio Alves and Arnt Lykke Jakobsen; 3. Translation and technology Akiko Sakamoto; 4. Self translation Anthony Cordingly; 5. Translated text Bergljot Behrens; Part II. Translation in Society: 6. Translation and translanguaging in (post)multilingual societies Tong King Lee; 7. Less translated languages Albert Branchadell; 8. The translation professions Rakefet Sela-Sheffy; 9. Translation studies and public policy Gabriel González Núñez; 10. Translators' associations and networks Julie McDonough Dolmaya; Part III. Translation in Company: 11. Translation and comparative literature Xiaofan Amy Li; 12. Translation and linguistics Pan Hanting and Zhang Meifang; 13. Translation and philosophy Duncan Large; 14. Translation, gender and sexuality Brian James Baer; 15. Translation and education Sara Laviosa; Part IV. Translation in Practice: Factual Genres: 16. Translating technical texts Maeve Olohan; 17. Translating academic texts Krisztina Károly; 18. Translating medical texts Karen Korning Zethsen and Vicent Montalt; 19. Translating legal text Łucja Biel; 20. Translating news Lucile Davier; Part V. Translation in Practice: Arts: 21. Translating for the theatre Geraldine Brodie; 22. Audiovisual translation Serenella Zanotti; 23. Translating literary prose Karen Seago; 24. Translating poetry Paschalis Nikolaou and Cecilia Rossi; 25. Translating the texts of songs and other vocal music Peter Low; Part VI. Translation in History: 26. Translation before the Christian Era Roberto A. Valdeón; 27. Translation in the first millennium Denise Merkle; 28. Translation in the second millennium Denise Merkle; 29. Translation in the third millennium Moritz Schaeffer.
