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In:Translation Studies between Disciplines and Practices
Edited by Luc van Doorslaer and Yves Gambier
[Benjamins Translation Library 174] 2026
► pp. 87–106

Chapter 5
Geography and translation studies

A conversation across distant disciplines

 | Austrian Academy of Sciences
 | Syracuse University
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Abstract
At first glance, translation studies and geography might seem to be two disciplines with relatively little to say to each other. However, this dialogue between scholars affiliated with each discipline shows that there are considerable areas of overlap between the two fields. Writing from their disciplinary positions, the authors show how “translation” and “space” have been encountered in geography and translation studies, reflect on their own personal motivations for “crossing” disciplinary boundaries, and discuss some of the key conceptual and practical puzzles posed by translation and spatial thinking in their respective disciplines. In the process, this chapter provides a useful point of departure for scholars interested in moving between these two disciplines.
Article outline
  • 1.Bringing the disciplines into alignment
  • 2.Crossing disciplinary divides as individual scholars
  • 3.Key puzzles for geography and TS
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Author queries
  • References
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