History/about

Implementing the journal’s language policy outlined in the Editors’ “Letter to the readers” (Target, vol. 26, 2014, pp. 1‒2), this part of the companion website of Target is dedicated to translations of articles and reviews from the journal into multiple languages, bringing into practice the journal’s core topic and honoring multilingualism:

• translations are listed per language, and alphabetically
• translators are listed alphabetically
• references include DOIs and external links
• all translations are linked to the original article
• all original articles have links to their translations

Multilingual Advisory Board

The Multilingual Website Editor (MWE) is Laura Ivaska. Email: [email protected]

We are committed to publishing high-quality translations. Our Target Online Multilingual Advisory Board helps us to maintain these standards. All members are affiliated to a department of translation, interpreting, multilingual communication, modern languages or literatures and possess thorough linguistic expertise.

Current members of the multilingual website board:

Karine Bachelier	Monash University
Christian Balliu	Université Libre de Bruxelles
Yang Bingjun	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ludmilla Budnik	Monash University
Eneida García Villanueva	University of Glasgow
Mavis Ho	University of Edinburgh
Márta Juhász-Koch	Eötvös Loránd University
Min-Hsiu Liao	University of Edinburgh
Gary Massey	ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Marc Orlando	Macquarie University
Edina Robin	Eötvös Loránd University
Marzieh Sadegh-pour	Monash University
Monika Šavelová	Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre
Olívia Seidl-Péch	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Erwin Snauwaert	KU Leuven
Carmen Valero	Garcés University of Alcalá
Marion Winters	Heriot-Watt University
Ming Xu	Beijing Language and Culture University

With the number of translations and target languages constantly increasing, Target Online is actively looking for academics with native or native-like skills in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hungarian, Kazakh, Persian, Slovak, Ukrainian.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please send an email to [email protected].

Subscription & price

All translations on Target Online are freely consultable for anyone with a subscription to Target.

Procedure and guidelines

We accept translations of book reviews or articles from Target by individual translators or by translation teachers who are supervising a translation project with their students (see our Message for Translation Teachers).

The base of translated articles is constantly growing. If you are interested in contributing to our project, please take a look at the translation database on this website to see whether a translation of the article of your interest already exists. While we do not accept different translations of the same (review) article into the same target language, multiple translations into different target languages are welcome.

Please always check with the MWE before you start to translate, as a translation project might already be in progress! For that purpose, please fill out the TRANSLATION REQUEST FORM and send it to our MWE at [email protected].

Once you have embarked on your translation project, please respect the following guidelines:

• The list of References does not require any action, as it will be copied from the original article. The same applies to visual illustrations and the like.
• Generally follow the overall formatting of the original article. For punctuation, however, the standard rules of the target language should be adhered to.
• Use the endnote function of Word for notes. The numbering of the original notes (if any) must be kept! Any additional translator’s notes should be numbered separately (a, b, c, etc.).

A sample translation is offered here for your guidance.

Submission

When finished, translations should be submitted to the MWE at [email protected]

Translations

• organized per language
• organized alphabetically, according to the translator’s name