Full Description
This edited volume documents the state of the art in research on translation policies in both legal and institutional settings. Offering case studies of past and present translation policies from all over the world, it allows for a compelling comparison of attitudes towards translation in varying contexts. It highlights the virtues of integrating different types of expertise in the study of translation policy: theoretical and applied, historical and modern, legal, institutional, and political. It effectively illustrates how a multidisciplinary perspective furthers our understanding of translation policies and unveils their intrinsic link with issues such as multilingualism, linguistic justice, minority rights, and citizenship. In this way, each contribution sheds new light on the role of translation in the everyday interaction between governments and multilingual populations.
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Contributors: Jonathan Bernaerts (KU Leuven), Albert Branchadell (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Paolo Canavese (University of Geneva), Flavia De Camillis (University of Bologna), Chantal Gagnon (University of Montreal), Shuang Li (KU Leuven), Willem Possemiers (KU Leuven), Marketa Stefkova (Comenius University Bratislava), Helena Tuzinska (Comenius University Bratislava), Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde (Ghent University), Katarzyna Wasilewska (University of Warsaw)
Contents
Introduction Marie Bourguignon, Bieke Nouws & Heleen van Gerwen
Government ideologies in translation: An enquiry into past Canadian budget speeches Chantal Gagnon
The complexity of a translation policy: Interpreting for ethnic linguistic minorities in a local courtroom in China Shuang Li
Translation guidelines versus practice: A corpus-based study of the impact of the Polish style guide on translations of EU legislation and reports drafted by the European Commission Katarzyna Wasilewska
Institutional translation practices in South Tyrol: An exploratory study on civil servants working as 'occasional translators' Flavia De Camillis
Judicial review of translation policy: The case of bilingual Catalonia in monolingual Spain Albert Branchadell
Investigating the status of Italian as an 'official minority language' within the Swiss multilingual institutional system Paolo Canavese
Translation, interpreting and institutional routines: The case of Slovakia Marketa Štefková & Helena Tužinská
Flawless in translation? Legal translations in the Flemish legal professional press (1889-1935) Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde
Translating the Belgian Civil Code: Developments after 1961 Willem Possemiers
Translation in administrative interactions: Policies and practices at the local level in the Dutch language area of Belgium Jonathan Bernaerts
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