Why Translation Studies MattersDaniel Gile, Gyde Hansen, Nike Kocijan?i? Pokorn Whether Translation Studies really matters is an important and challenging question which practitioners of translation and interpreting raise repeatedly. TS scholars, many of whom are translators and interpreters themselves, are not indifferent to it either. The twenty papers of this thematic volume, contributed by authors from various parts of Europe, from Brazil and from Israel, address it in a positive spirit. Some do so through direct critical reflection and analysis, arguing in particular that the engagement of TS with society should be strengthened so that the latter could benefit more from the former. Others illustrate the relevance and contribution of TS to society and to other disciplines from various angles. Topics broached include the cultural mediation role of translators, issues in literary translation, knowledge as intellectual capital, globalization through English and risks associated with it, bridging languages, mass media, corpora, training, the use of modern technology, interdisciplinarity with psycholinguistics and neurophysiology. |
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Contents
Preface | |
Does TS matter? | |
Why interpreting studies matters | |
What matters to Translation Studies? | |
Translation and society | |
Translators as cultural mediators | |
Censorship in the translations and pseudotranslations of the West | |
A world without God | |
Die Kirche im Dorf oder die Regierung im Wald lassen | |
Assessment and training | |
Magnifying glasses modifying maps | |
Effects of short intensive practice on interpreter trainees performance | |
Corpora in translator training | |
Psychology | |
Psycholinguistik Übersetzungswissenschaft und Expertiseforschung im Rahmen der interdisziplinären Forschung | |
Interpreting Studies and psycholinguistics | |
Manipulating the matricial norms | |
Knowledge in Translation Studies and translation practice | |
Language issues | |
Is Translation Studies going AngloSaxon? | |
Brückensprache zur slawischen Welt? | |
Translation Studies and mass media research | |
Register shifts in translations of popular fiction from English into Slovene | |
Getting the ACCENT right in Translation Studies | |
fMRI for exploring simultaneous interpreting | |
Postscript | |
Why Translation Studies matters | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Why Translation Studies Matters Volume 88 of Benjamins translation library Benjamins translation library: EST subseries Volume 6 of EST subseries |
| Editors | Daniel Gile, Gyde Hansen, Nike Kocijan?i? Pokorn |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 902722434X, 9789027224347 |
| Length | 269 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting |
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