Translation Spaces | A multidisciplinary, multimedia, and multilingual journal of translation

Editors
ORCID logoDorothy Kenny | Dublin City University, Ireland
ORCID logoJoss Moorkens | Dublin City University, Ireland
Consulting Editors
ORCID logoYves Gambier | University of Turku & Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania
ORCID logoAnthony Pym | University of Melbourne, Australia & Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Editorial Assistant
Hannah Leonard | Dublin City University, Ireland | hannah.leonard22 at mail.dcu.ie
Founding Editors
ORCID logoDeborah A. Folaron | Concordia University, Canada
ORCID logoGregory M. Shreve | Kent State University, USA
Associate Editors
ORCID logoSalah Basalamah | University of Ottawa, Canada
ORCID logoRenée Desjardins | Université de Saint-Boniface, Canada
ORCID logoDavid Orrego-Carmona | University of Warwick, UK
ORCID logoFernando Prieto Ramos | Université de Genève, Switzerland
ORCID logoAkiko Sakamoto | Kansai University, Japan

Translation Spaces is a biannual, peer-reviewed, indexed journal that recognizes the global impact of translation. It envisions translation as multi-dimensional phenomena productively studied (from) within complex spaces of encounter between knowledge, values, beliefs, and practices. These translation spaces -virtual and physical- are multidisciplinary, multimedia, and multilingual. They are the frontiers being explored by scholars investigating where and how translation practice and theory interact most dramatically with the evolving landscape of contemporary globalization.
The journal actively encourages researchers from diverse domains such as communication studies, technology, economics, commerce, law, politics, news, entertainment, and the sciences to engage in translation scholarship. It explicitly aims to stimulate an ongoing interdisciplinary and inter-professional dialogue among diverse communities of research and practice.
Translation Spaces publishes two issues per year. The first issue (1) is open for thematic proposals from potential guest editors. The second issue (2) welcomes submissions that consider translation in terms of global dynamics impacted by the technologies used in diverse social, cultural, political, and legal settings, and by which they are transformed.

Translation Spaces publishes its articles Online First.

Social media presence: https://www.facebook.com/TranslationSpaces/

ISSN: 2211-3711 | E-ISSN: 2211-372X
DOI logo
https://doi.org/10.1075/ts
Latest articles

27 September 2024

  • Agile working and job satisfaction for localization language agents
    Madiha Kassawat
  • 23 September 2024

  • Bad business practices in the language services industry
    Oliver Carreira
  • 19 September 2024

  • International players’ perceptions of localization in their gameplay experiences : An explorative study with Steam user game reviews
    Hao Hsu Minako O’Hagan
  • 13 September 2024

  • Do machines and humans translate in the same sense?
    Brian Mossop
  • 9 September 2024

  • The Machine Translation Post-Editing Annotation System (MTPEAS) : A standardized and user-friendly taxonomy for student post-editing quality assessment
    Romane Bodart , Justine Piette Marie-Aude Lefer
  • 21 May 2024

  • Is machine interpreting interpreting?
    Franz Pöchhacker
  • 9 April 2024

  • What do we know about translators’ job satisfaction? An exploratory overview of research results
    Minna Ruokonen Elin Svahn | TS 13:1 (2024) p. 7
  • 4 April 2024

  • Revising a literary translation for publication : Insights from an autoethnographic study
    Claudine Borg
  • Exploring ethical dilemmas encountered by public service interpreters and their effect on job satisfaction
    Anni-Kaisa Leminen Sari Hokkanen | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 149–169
  • Scrutinizing job satisfaction during COVID-19 through Facebook : Voices of Chinese translators
    Fung Ming Christy Liu | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 102–125
  • Healthcare interpreters X, Y, Z : Exploring generational differences in interpreters’ values and job satisfaction using self‑determination theory
    Esther Monzó-Nebot Cristina R. Álvarez-Álvarez | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 126–148
  • Translators’ and interpreters’ job satisfaction – a multi-faceted object of study with far-reaching implications
    Minna Ruokonen , Elin Svahn Anu Heino | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 1–6
  • 15 February 2024

  • Extrinsic sources of translator job satisfaction : Revisiting critical factors in a multifaceted construct
    Mónica Rodríguez-Castro | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 32–53
  • Measuring translators’ quality of working life and their career motivation : Conceptual and methodological aspects
    Akiko Sakamoto , Darren van Laar , Joss Moorkens Félix do Carmo | TS 13:1 (2024) pp. 54–77
  • 12 January 2024

  • Unraveling the multifaceted nature of job satisfaction among migrant healthcare interpreters/translators : A Q methodology study
    Narongdej Phanthaphoommee Athip Thumvichit | TS 13:1 (2024) p. 78
  • 9 January 2024

  • The cultural localization of video games in Iran
    Amir Arsalan Zoraqi Movahede Sadat Mousavi
  • 19 December 2023

  • Is post-editing really faster than human translation?
    Silvia Terribile
  • 16 November 2023

  • The melody of Spanish dubbed dialogue : How to sound natural within the context of dubbing
    Sofía Sánchez-Mompeán | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 326–347
  • 13 November 2023

  • Translating gender in video games : A queer phenomenological analysis
    Antonio Jesús Martínez Pleguezuelos | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 305–325
  • 2 November 2023

  • Indirect translation and sustainable development
    Jan Buts , Hanna Pięta , Laura Ivaska James Hadley | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 167–176
  • 17 August 2023

  • The emotional value of Polish and English subtitles : Survey research
    Agata Stanisławska Paweł Korpal | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 285–304
  • 10 August 2023

  • Is indirect translation a friend or a foe of sustainable development? Pivot subtitlers’ perspective
    Ester Torres-Simón , Susana Valdez , Hanna Pięta Rita Menezes | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 204–230
  • 27 July 2023

  • Indirect translation and its influence on term variation : A pilot study on climate action
    Melania Cabezas-García Pilar León-Araúz | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 255–284
  • Fan indirect subtitling of Cdramas by women in Latin America and the Caribbean : A tool for the promotion of autodidacticism, global citizenship, and cultural diversity appreciation
    Luis Damián Moreno García | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 177–203
  • 10 May 2023

  • How production and distribution processes shape translations in organisations : A material perspective
    Riku Haapaniemi | TS 12:1 (2023) pp. 74–96
  • Theorizing sustainable, low-resource MT in development settings : Pivot-based MT between Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan languages
    Matt Riemland | TS 12:2 (2023) pp. 231–254
  • Volumes and issuesOnline-first articles

    Volume 13 (2024)

    Volume 12 (2023)

    Volume 11 (2022)

    Volume 10 (2021)

    Volume 9 (2020)

    Volume 8 (2019)

    Volume 7 (2018)

    Volume 6 (2017)

    Volume 5 (2016)

    Volume 4 (2015)

    Volume 3 (2014)

    Volume 2 (2013)

    Volume 1 (2012)

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    Please consult the Translation Spaces journal guidelines before you submit your article.

    Please submit articles through the John Benjamins Publishing Editorial Manager system.

    For any other editorial correspondence, please contact the general editors by e-mail:

    Dorothy Kenny
    Dublin City University
    dorothy.kenny at dcu.ie

    Joss Moorkens
    Dublin City University
    joss.moorkens at dcu.ie

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    Call for Papers

    Translation Spaces is currently accepting submissions that may be considered for online first publication and print publication in our forthcoming non-thematic issues.  

    Special Issue 14 (1) of Translation Spaces, entitled Is machine translation translation? Exploring conceptualizations of translation in a digitally saturated world --to be published in July 2025-- is now also calling for proposals (max. 500 words).

    These should be submitted for review no later than 30 November 2022.

    The full Call for Abstracts for this guest-edited issue and instructions for submission of proposals are available here.

    Guidelines

    1. Language and spelling

    2. Article structure and length

    Structure your submission as follows:

    The total word count for A through to F should be between 7,000 and 8,000 words. Submissions exceeding 8,000 words will not be considered for review.

    NOTE Do not reveal your identity anywhere in the main paper that you upload to Editorial Manager. You will be asked to identify yourself in a separate step. There is no need to put your name anywhere on the Word document you upload.

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    Text Articles should be submitted electronically in Word format (preferably .docx or .doc) or Word-compatible format (e.g., .rtf, .odt) through the John Benjamins Editorial Manager system.

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    In particular, examples, quotations, tables, headings, etc. should be presented in a clear and consistent way, so that they can be identified and formatted in the style of our journal.

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    4.2. Typographical emphasis

    4.3. Capitalization

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    Articles should be conveniently divided into sections and, if necessary, sub-sections. Please try not to use more than three levels. Please mark section headings as follows:

    Level 1 bold italics, one line space before, section number flush left. Text starts immediately below.
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    4.5. Quotes

    'Single quotes' Use them for conventionally used terms or expressions (e.g., ‘context of situation’). They may also be used as ‘scare quotes’ to focus attention on a particular word or expression.

    "Double quotes" Always use them for directly quoted forms and expressions. In-text quotations should be given in double quotation marks.

    Quotations longer than three lines should be set off from the main text by a line of space above and below. Also, they should be indented 1 cm left and right, without quotation marks, followed by the appropriate reference to the source on a separate line (left adjusted, indented 1 cm).

    To provide a translation of a quote in a language other than English, please put the translation in square brackets under the original quote and then add the source of the translation in parentheses, e.g. "(my translation)" (without quotation marks).

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    Funding information should be provided if funding was received through a grant for the research that is discussed in the article, including funder name and grant number, in a separate section called "Funding information" before (an Acknowledgment section and) the References.

    4.10. Acknowledgments

    Acknowledgments (other than funding information, see above) should be added in a separate, unnumbered section entitled "Acknowledgments", placed before the References.

    5. Citations and references

    NOTE

    It is essential that the references are formatted to the specifications given in these guidelines, as these cannot be formatted automatically. This Journal uses the ‘Author-Date’ style as described in the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.

    5.1. Varia

    References in the text . These should be as precise as possible, giving page references where necessary; for example (Clahsen 1991, 252) or: as in Brown et al. (1991, 252). Separate multiple citations within parentheses with a semicolon, listed first alphabetically and then chronologically, as in (Brown et al. 1991, 252; Clahsen 1991, 252).

    References section . References should be listed first alphabetically and then chronologically. The section should include all (and only!) references that are actually mentioned in the text.

    References should

    Ordering references. In cases where two or more papers by the same author are cited, please place them in ascending chronological order, i.e., starting with the author’s earliest publication. If an author has published singly and jointly, then the multiple-author publications should follow the single-author ones (alphabetically and chronologically).

    Special care. This is a journal for Translation Studies. Special attention should be devoted to enter the correct spelling of any and all names of authors and editors. Also, please make sure that you understand the naming conventions in languages other than English so that you don't list or name an author with an incorrect name or surname. Finally, do not forget to include the names of translators in any entry of a reference that has them.

    5.2. Examples

    Books

    Görlach, Manfred. 2003. English Words Abroad. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

    Spear, Norman E., and Ralph R. Miller (eds). 1981. Information Processing in Animals: Memory Mechanisms. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

    Articles/chapters in book

    Adams, Clare A., and Anthony Dickinson. 1981. “Actions and Habits: Variation in Associative Representation during Instrumental Learning.” In Information Processing in Animals: Memory Mechanisms, edited by Norman E. Spear, and Ralph R. Miller, 143–186. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

    Articles in printed journal

    Claes, Jeroen, and Luis A. Ortiz López. 2011. “Restricciones pragmáticas y sociales en la expresión de futuridad en el español de Puerto Rico [Pragmatic and social restrictions in the expression of the future in Puerto Rican Spanish].” Spanish in Context 8: 50–72.

    Rayson, Paul, Geoffrey N. Leech, and Mary Hodges. 1997. “Social Differentiation in the Use of English Vocabulary: Some Analyses of the Conversational Component of the British National Corpus.” International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 2 (1): 120–132.

    Articles in online journal

    A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a permanent ID that, when appended to http://dx.doi.org/ in the address bar of an Internet browser, will lead to the source. As per Chicago Manual of Style, pleaseinclude a DOI if the journal lists one. You will be able to find most DOI at Crossref (http://search.crossref.org/). If no DOI is available, list a URL and include an access date.

    Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. 2009. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115:405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. DOI 10.1086/599247.

    Dynamic Language. 2010. “Google Puts Pressure on Interpreting Industry?” Dynamic Language Blog. Accessed June 1, 2012. http://blog.dynamiclanguage.com/2010/10/21/google-putspressure-on-interpreting- industry/.

    Dissertation or Thesis

    Atkinson, David P. 2007. Some Psychological Competences That Predict Freelance Translator Success and Wellbeing in the Demanding Globalised Business Context. Masters Thesis, University of Auckland.

    For more details and examples, consult the Chicago Manual of Style.

    Subjects

    Communication Studies

    Communication Studies

    Linguistics

    Discourse studies

    Translation & Interpreting Studies

    Translation Studies

    Main BIC Subject

    CFP: Translation & interpretation

    Main BISAC Subject

    LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General