Michaela Wolf

List of John Benjamins publications for which Michaela Wolf plays a role.

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Subjects History of linguistics | Translation Studies

Constructing a Sociology of Translation

Edited by Michaela Wolf and Alexandra Fukari

[Benjamins Translation Library, 74] 2007. vi, 226 pp.
Subjects Translation Studies

Articles

Research on interpreters as authors of autobiographies has typically focused on the interpreting activity in authoritarian regimes, in trials, or diplomacy. A great number of the author-interpreters portray a hero figure positioned in often close relationship with the person in power. This… read more
Wolf, Michaela 2014 The sociology of translation and its “activist turn”The Sociological Turn in Translation and Interpreting Studies, Angelelli, Claudia V. (ed.), pp. 7–21 | Article
The last few years have seen a great increase in works on what has been labeled a “sociological turn” in translation studies. This turn has particularly taught us to sharpen our “sociological eye” on the various agencies and agents involved in any translation procedure, and more specifically in the… read more
Umberto Eco’s statement “the language of Europe is translation” suggests that translation is one of the main assets of daily communication in Europe. While such a statement undoubtedly is a stand against national—or, in many instances, nationalistic—language cultures, it also raises a series of… read more
In Nazi concentration camps the prisoners were frequently of 30 to 40 different nationalities, and German and Polish Jews were in the majority. With German as the only official language in the lager, communication was vital for the prisoners’ survival. In the last few decades, there has been… read more
Grbić, Nadja and Michaela Wolf 2012 Common grounds in Translation and Interpreting (Studies)Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 3, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 7–16 | Article
Wolf, Michaela 2012 Loogus, Terje. 2008. Kultur im Spannungsfeld translatorischer Entscheidungen.Probleme und KonflikteThe Known Unknowns of Translation Studies, Brems, Elke, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 178–181 | Review
Wolf, Michaela 2012 The sociology of translation and its “activist turn”The Sociological Turn in Translation and Interpreting Studies, Angelelli, Claudia V. (ed.), pp. 129–143 | Article
The last few years have seen a great increase in works on what has been labeled a “sociological turn” in translation studies. This turn has particularly taught us to sharpen our “sociological eye” on the various agencies and agents involved in any translation procedure, and more specifically in the… read more
Wolf, Michaela 2010 Sociology of translationHandbook of Translation Studies: Volume 1, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 337–343 | Article
Wolf, Michaela 2008 Hermans, Theo, ed. 2006. Translating OthersTarget 20:2, pp. 369–378 | Review
Wolf, Michaela 2007 The location of the 'translation field': Negotiating borderlines between Pierre Bourdieu and Homi BhabhaConstructing a Sociology of Translation, Wolf, Michaela and Alexandra Fukari (eds.), pp. 109–119 | Article
Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic goods has been widely applied to the reconstruction of various specific fields, such as the literary, the political or the media field. In the effort to re-enact the mediation processes between different fields – e.g. the translation procedure –, however, it… read more
Wolf, Michaela 2007 Introduction: The emergence of a sociology of translationConstructing a Sociology of Translation, Wolf, Michaela and Alexandra Fukari (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Miscellaneous
Wolf, Michaela 2006 The female state of the art: Women in the “translation field”Sociocultural Aspects of Translating and Interpreting, Pym, Anthony, Miriam Shlesinger † and Zuzana Jettmarová (eds.), pp. 129–141 | Article
Feminist translation is playing an increasing role in German-language countries. A large empirical research project on this development indicates changes in the social contexts of translation. The contexts are analyzed by focusing on the (mostly female) social agents involved and the relations… read more