Alexa Alfer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alexa Alfer plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Translation Studies
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Translation Studies
Articles
Zwischenberger, Cornelia and Alexa Alfer 2022
Trans labor ation: Translation and labour Translation in Society 1:2, pp. 200–223 | Article
Translaboration, a concept derived from blending ‘translation’ and ‘collaboration,’ has the concept of labour at its core. This paper investigates the dimension of labour in online collaborative translation, relates translational labour to Arendt’s categories of work and action, and proceeds to… read more
This paper takes the notion of translaboration as a stepping stone for an exploration of some of the recent debates about translational hermeneutics. In doing so, it aims to expand translaboration’s focus beyond concrete collaborations between multiple translators, or authors and translators, and… read more
Collaborative translation practices have been receiving increased scholarly attention in recent years and have also given rise to attempts to conceptualise translation as an inherently collaborative phenomenon. In a parallel movement, though to a lesser extent, research from disciplines with a… read more