Why Translation Studies Matters

Editors

Daniel Gile | Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle

Gyde Hansen | Copenhagen Business School

Nike K. Pokorn | University of Ljubljana

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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.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 88] 2010. xi, 269 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.88

Table of Contents

Preface | pp. ix–xiv

Part 1. Does TS matter?

Why interpreting studies matters

Franz Pöchhacker | pp. 3–14

What matters to Translation Studies? On the role of public Translation Studies

Kaisa Koskinen | pp. 15–26

Part 2. Translation and society

Translators as cultural mediators: Wish or reality? A question for Translation Studies

David Limon | pp. 29–40

Censorship in the translations and pseudo-translations of the West

Marie del Carmen Camus-Camus | pp. 41–56

A world without God: Slovene Bambi

Nike K. Pokorn | pp. 57–68

Manipulating the matricial norms: A comparison of the English, Swedish and French translations of La caverna de las ideas by José Carlos Somoza

Yvonne Lindqvist | pp. 69–82

Knowledge in Translation Studies and translation practice: Intellectual capital in modern society

Hanna Risku, Angela Dickinson and Richard Pircher | pp. 83–94

Part 3. Language issues

Is Translation Studies going Anglo-Saxon? Critical comments on the globalization of a discipline

Mary Snell-Hornby | pp. 97–104

Slowakisch: Brückensprache zur slawischen Welt? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer kleinen EU-Sprache

Martina Vankúšová | pp. 105–114

Translation Studies and mass media research

Rachel Weissbrod | pp. 115–124

Marija Zlatnar Moe | pp. 125–136

Getting the ACCENT right in Translation Studies

Ian A. Williams | pp. 137–152

Die Kirche im Dorf oder die Regierung im Wald lassen: Zum Übersetzungsproblem der Namen von Ämtern und Ähnlichem für Nachrichtenzwecke im Medium Radio

Dieter H. Schmitz | pp. 153–164

Part 4. Assessment and training

Magnifying glasses modifying maps: A role for translation theory in introductory courses

Heloísa Pezza Cintrão | pp. 165–182

Effects of short intensive practice on interpreter trainees’ performance

Magdalena Bartłomiejczyk | pp. 183–194

Corpora in translator training: A program for an eLearning course

Kerstin Kunz, Sara Castagnoli and Natalie Kübler | pp. 195–208

Part 5. Psychology

Psycholinguistik, Übersetzungswissenschaft und Expertiseforschung im Rahmen der interdisziplinären Forschung

Caroline Lehr | pp. 211–222

Interpreting Studies and psycholinguistics: A possible synergy effect

Agnieszka Chmiel | pp. 223–236

fMRI for exploring simultaneous interpreting

Barbara Ahrens, Eliza Kalderon, Christoph M. Krick and Wolfgang Reith | pp. 237–248

Part 6. Postscript

Why Translation Studies matters: A pragmatist’s viewpoint

Daniel Gile | pp. 251–262

Name index | p. 263

Concept index | p. 267

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2015. Training translators for accreditation in Finland. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer 9:2 ► pp. 229 ff.

Sun, Sanjun

2014. Rethinking translation studies. Translation Spaces 3 ► pp. 167 ff.

Tyulenev, Sergey

2014. Translation as a social fact. Translation and Interpreting Studies 9:2 ► pp. 179 ff.

van Doorslaer, Luc

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Gambier, Yves

2012. Une traductologie pour quelles pratiques traductionnelles?. Target. International Journal of Translation Studies 24:1 ► pp. 61 ff.

Gile, Daniel

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Subjects

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Interpreting

Translation Studies

Main BIC Subject

CFP: Translation & interpretation

Main BISAC Subject

LAN023000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

ONIX Metadata

ONIX 2.1

ONIX 3.0

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