Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
About the Book Series
This series is our home for innovative research in the field of translation studies. It includes monographs and targeted edited collections that provide new insights into this important and evolving subject area.
Cultural Politics of Translation: East Africa in a Global Context
1st Edition
By Alamin Mazrui
February 12, 2018
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 socio-political forces. Looking specifically at ...
Translating Culture Specific References on Television: The Case of Dubbing
1st Edition
By Irene Ranzato
February 12, 2018
Translating Culture Specific References on Television provides a model for investigating the problems posed by culture specific references in translation, drawing on case studies that explore the translational norms of contemporary Italian dubbing practices. This monograph makes a distinctive ...
Ubiquitous Translation
1st Edition
By Piotr Blumczynski
January 08, 2018
In this book, Piotr Blumczynski explores the central role of translation as a key epistemological concept as well as a hermeneutic, ethical, linguistic and interpersonal practice. His argument is three-fold: (1) that translation provides a basis for genuine, exciting, serious, innovative and ...
Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global
1st Edition
By Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino
February 06, 2017
This book is a multidisciplinary study of the translation and localisation of video games. It offers a descriptive analysis of the industry – understood as a global phenomenon in entertainment – and aims to explain the norms governing present industry practices, as well as game localisation ...
Translation and Web Searching
1st Edition
By Vanessa Enríquez Raído
February 06, 2017
The book presents a comprehensive study of various cognitive and affective aspects of web searching for translation problem solving. Research into the use of the web as an external aid of consultation has frequently occupied a secondary position in the investigation of translation processes. The ...
Perspectives on Literature and Translation: Creation, Circulation, Reception
1st Edition
Edited
By Brian Nelson, Brigid Maher
August 26, 2016
This volume explores the relationship between literature and translation from three perspectives: the creative dimensions of the translation process; the way texts circulate between languages; and the way texts are received in translation by new audiences. The distinctiveness of the volume lies in ...
Translation Theory and Development Studies: A Complexity Theory Approach
1st Edition
By Kobus Marais
July 16, 2015
This book aims to provide a philosophical underpinning to translation and relate translation to development. The second aim flows from the first section’s argument that societies emerge out of, amongst others, complex translational interactions amongst individuals. It will do so by conceptualising ...
Interpreting Justice: Ethics, Politics and Language
1st Edition
By Moira Inghilleri
December 05, 2012
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. The book ...