Übersetzen—Translating—Traduire: Towards a “Social Turn”? is the first volume of a refereed book series edited by Michaela Wolf (University of Graz). The series seeks to be a forum for interdisciplinary research on translation in its widest sense with special emphasis on the role of translation and interpreting in the construction or deconstruction of societies, and on interaction with other disciplines like literary studies, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, etc. This trilingual (French—English—German) volume focuses on interactions between sociology and translation and interpreting studies. It is subdivided into six sections: “Symbolic Power in the Translation Field” (five articles), “Social Inquiries into a Field under Construction” (four articles), “Ideological Pressures on the Production of Translation” (five articles), “The Social Construction of Images in Translation” (six articles), “Issues in the Sociology of Profession” (six articles) and “Literary Displacements” (four articles). A “List of Contributors”, a useful “Subject Index” and “Name Index” conclude the book.

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Blommaert, Jan

2005 “Bourdieu the Ethnographer: The Ethnographic Founding of Habitus and Voice”. The Translator 11:2. 219–236.  

Meylaerts, Reine

2008 “Translators and (Their) Norms: Towards a Sociological Construction of the Individual”. Shlesinger Miriam, Daniel Simeoni & Anthony Pym, eds. Beyond De scriptive Translation Studies. Investigations in homage to Gideon Toury. Amsterdam—Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 91–102.  

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