Translating & Interpreting

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...

We tend to consider translation as something good, virtuous and bright, but it can also function as an instrument of concealment, silencing and misdirection-as something that darkens and obscures. Propaganda, misinformation, narratives of trauma and...

Innovative and interdisciplinary approach to transfer The concept of transfer covers the most diverse phenomena of circulation, transformation and reinterpretation of cultural goods across space and time, and are among the driving forces in opening up...

Seminal studies of Spain's greatest dramatist on his fourth centenary. Dr Pring-Mill is one of the most eminent Calderon scholars, and this volume demonstrates the development of his critical thinking over a period of some forty years. The essays,...

Translation is intercultural communication in its purest form. Its power in forming and/or deforming cultural identities has only recently been acknowledged, given the attention it deserves. The chapters in this unique volume assess translation from...

This volume seeks to investigate how humour translation has developed since the beginning of the 21st century, focusing in particular on new ways of communication. The authors, drawn from a range of countries, cultures and academic traditions, address...

In this timely study, Inghilleri examines the interface between ethics, language, and politics during acts of interpreting, with reference to two particular sites of transnational conflict: the political and judicial context of asylum adjudication and...

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...

The Dao of Translation sets up an East-West dialogue on the nature of language and translation, and specifically on the "unknown forces" that shape the act of translation. To that end it mobilizes two radically different readings of the Daodejing...

The sonnets written during the Spanish Golden Age of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are among the finest poems written in the Spanish language. This book presents over one hundred of the best and most representative sonnets of that period,...

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the field of translation for students of other disciplines and readers who are not translators. It provides students outside the translation profession with a greater awareness of, and appreciation...

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...

This book is the first full-length examination of the cultural politics at work in the act of translation in East Africa, providing close critical analyses of a variety of texts that demonstrate the myriad connections between translation and larger...

In an era marked by processes of economic, political and legal integration that are arguably unprecedented in their range and impact, the translation of law has assumed a significance which it would be hard to overstate. The following situations are...

In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Moving across a range of colonial and postcolonial settings,...

Environmental translation studies has gained momentum in recent years as a new area of research underscored by the need to communicate environmental concerns and studies across cultures. The dissemination of translated materials on environmental...

These textbooks are the ninth and tenth volumes in a five-level series (Beginning 1 and 2, Intermediate 1 and 2, Advanced Intermediate 1 and 2, Advanced 1 and 2, and High Advanced 1 and 2) developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and...

The role of the interpreter at international meetings of politicians and diplomats is a critical one. This book examines the history of diplomacy and diplomatic interpreting as well as the rules and realities of modern diplomatic relations. Building on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612331133Author Alicia GiraltFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

Routledge Guides to Teaching Translation and Interpreting is a series of practical guides to key areas of translation and interpreting for instructors, lecturers, and course designers.The Routledge Guide to Teaching Translation and Interpreting Online is...

How do translation companies, multilingual international organizations and individual translators measure and improve the quality of their translations? This book reports on the range of approaches to quality assurance across the translation industry,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692046104Author I'heshia HandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint I'heshia HandyPublisher I'heshia HandyWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783985540457Author Dorothy KennyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Language Science PressPublisher Language Science PressWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)...

This Element aims to introduce the different definitions of translation provided in the history of analytic philosophy. Starting from the definitions of translation as paraphrase, calculus, and language games, the Element explores the main...

This study argues that the contingencies of translation are vital to screen media's global storytelling. Through examples ranging from avant-garde dubbing to crowdsourced subtitling, it proposes that screen media is fundamentally 'translational'.Book...

Through close readings of select stories and novels by well-known writers from different literary traditions, Fictional Translators invites readers to rethink the main cliches associated with translations. Rosemary Arrojo shines a light on the...

Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland and Contemporary Women's Writing: Feminist Interventions and Imaginings analyzes and explores women's writing of the post-Tiger period and reflects on the social, cultural, and economic conditions of this writing's production...

While many professional translators believe the ability to translate is a gift that one either has or does not have, Allison Beeby Lonsdale questions this view. In her innovative book, she demonstrates how teachers can guide their students by showing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648728214Author Alan LoneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Re.PressPublisher Re.PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938421549Author Chad HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Advanced Reasoning ForumPublisher Advanced Reasoning ForumWeight(grams) 354g

Explores the connection between language and trauma to demonstrate how language interacts with healthcare, education, interpreting, narrative construction and mental health. This edited volume brings together scholars in applied linguistics who use...

Explores the connection between language and trauma to demonstrate how language interacts with healthcare, education, interpreting, narrative construction and mental health. This edited volume brings together scholars in applied linguistics who use...

Introducing Translation Studies has long been the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it is the essential textbook, used on courses worldwide.This...

The Translation Studies Reader provides the definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.The fifth edition of this bestselling Reader...

This book presents the primary academic materials that highlight how translation scholar C. C. Jane Lai bridges Chinese and foreign cultures. It explores how she applies her expertise in translating Chinese culture to create "verbal music" in the target...

Getting Started as a Literary Translator: Translated Literature and Publishing is an essential textbook for aspiring literary translators, offering a comprehensive guide to navigating the professional and entrepreneurial aspects of the field. Recognizing...

Routledge Encyclopedia of Technology and the Humanities is a pioneer attempt to introduce a wide range of disciplines in the emerging field of techno-humanities to the English-reading world.This book covers topics such as archaeology, cultural heritage,...

This handbook offers a broad-ranging overview of the study of translating and interpreting in conflict and crisis settings and takes the field in new directions. Covering a wide selection of multimodal contexts that build on the fundamentals of...

Readers shouldn't need to struggle to understand documents. Whether they are reading a form to request government services, a contract for a mobile phone plan, or a patient information leaflet for prescription medication, people deserve to understand the...

Textile Translations: Weaving Stories, Touching Meanings offers a new and original perspective in Translation Studies. The key idea explored in this book is that we communicate not only through our intellect but also through our senses. M Carmen Africa...