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Schäffner, Christina and Susan Bassnett, eds. 2010. Political discourse, media and translation. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 260 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Main ISBN
1-4438-1677-9
Edition info
ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-1677-9

Abstract

This volume addresses the role played by translation in international political communication and news reporting and brings to light the usually invisible link between politics, media, and translation. The contributors explore the interrelationship between media in the widest sense and translation, with a focus on political texts, institutional contexts, and translation policies. These topics are explored from a Translation Studies perspective, thus bringing a new disciplinary view to the investigation of political discourse and the language of the media. The first part of the volume focuses on textual analysis, investigating transformations that occur in translation processes, and the second part examines institutional contexts and policies, and their effects on translation production and reception.
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