Translation and interpretation

This book offers an up-to-date survey of the present state of affairs in Audiovisual Translation, providing a thought-provoking account of some of the most representative areas currently being researched in this field across the globe.

This book explores how transformations and translations shape musical meanings, developments and the perception of music across cultures.

This collection explores the central importance of values and evaluative concepts in cross-cultural translational encounters.

Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have transformed our understanding of classical Chinese thought.

This book investigates the political, social, cultural and economic implications of self-translation in multilingual spaces in Europe.

This book shifts the common perception of specialised or 'LSP' translation as necessarily banal and straightforward towards a more realistic understanding of it as a complex and multilayered phenomenon which belies its standard negative binary definition as 'non-literary'.

This book examines the concept of translation as a return to origins and as restitution of lost narratives, and is based on the idea of diaspora as a term that depicts the longing to return home and the imaginary reconstructions and reconstitutions of home by migrants and translators.

Meaning Making in Text presents new insights into forms of communication in a range of contexts: cultural, linguistic, multimodal and educational.

This pioneering study on fan translation focuses on Italian fansubbing as a concept, a vibrant cultural and social phenomenon which is described from its inception in 2005 to today.

This book examines the relatively little-known history of interpreting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45).

This book shows how participation of interpreters as mediators changes the dynamics of police interviews, particularly with regard to power struggles and competing versions of events.

This book presents a map of the application of memory studies concepts to the study of translation.

How do translators manage relations with parties in a position of authority and power?

Spanish and Portuguese Across Time covers a diverse range of topics with a common focus, on the dynamic nature of languages and the social forces that shape them across time, place, and borders, and demonstrates how linguistic principles can offer productive angles to the study of literature.

This book sheds light on the ways in which the on-going Israeli-Arab conflict has shaped Arabic language instruction.

Presents the most important theories in Translation Studies that have emerged over the last 50 years.

This book defines the notion of applied sign linguistics by drawing on data from projects that have explored sign language in action in various domains.

Metaphor and Entertainment presents the very first, large-scale exploration of metaphor in Chinese online entertainment news, one of the most vibrant and controversial news genres in contemporary China.

The English language has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, making it increasingly difficult for students to read Chaucer's works.

The cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practice of translation is a field of rapidly growing international importance.

Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building.

Analysing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support.

This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present.

Yues book explores the nature of translation using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and the TCM classic Huangdi Neijing and its various translations.

Naoki Sakai is an important and prominent thinker in Asian and cultural studies and his work continues to make itself felt across a broad range of both national and disciplinary borders.

Naoki Sakai is an important and prominent thinker in Asian and cultural studies and his work continues to make itself felt across a broad range of both national and disciplinary borders.

This book views the Neo-Sensation mode of writing as a traveling genre, or style, that originated in France, moved on to Japan, and then to China.

This book views the Neo-Sensation mode of writing as a traveling genre, or style, that originated in France, moved on to Japan, and then to China.

Thinking Chinese Translation is a practical and comprehensive course for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of Chinese.

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.

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 offers a historical analysis of key classical translated works for children, such as writings by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimms' tales.

This book offers a historical analysis of key classical translated works for children, such as writings by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimms' tales.

This innovative collection showcases the interconnectedness of translation and the performing arts, drawing on examples spanning languages, eras, and modes of performance to argue for the importance of re-envisioning translation beyond writing.

This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals.

This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals.

This collection illuminates the epistemological and philosophical underpinnings of Lawrence Venuti's seminal The Translator's Invisibility, extending these conversations through a contemporary lens of epistemic justice while also exploring its manifestations and transposing it to different disciplines and contexts.

Migration Literature in Translation explores the unique case of Latinx literature translated into Spanish, drawing from Latinx studies, sociology, political philosophy and cultural studies.

Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades.

Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades.

This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature.

This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of World Literature.

The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation brings together for the first time material dedicated to the theory and practice of translation to and from Japanese.

The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation brings together for the first time material dedicated to the theory and practice of translation to and from Japanese.

This book deals with one of the most prominent and promising developments in modern Translation Studies--the sociology of translation.

This book deals with one of the most prominent and promising developments in modern Translation Studies--the sociology of translation.

All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance.

All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance.

Developing Professional Expertise in Translation and Interpreting covers what professional expertise means for translators and interpreters in the fast-changing, globalised world and how it can be achieved in practice.

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 the geo-political context of war.