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Ruokonen, Minna. 2013. Studying Translator Status: three points of view. VAKKI Publications 2 : 327–338. URL
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Vaasa
Main ISBN
978 952 67887 3
Edition info
Article available electronically at http://www.vakki.net/publications/2013/VAKKI2013_Ruokonen.pdf

Abstract

Within translation research, empirical studies into translators' status or occupational prestige have only emerged within the past ten years. This article surveys empirical status research, dividing it into three categories modified from Chesterman (2000, 2007): comparative, causal and agency perspectives. While actual status research remains scarce, status has also been addressed in studies on professional identity or the state of the profession. The studies often combine different perspectives and methods. Thus far, empirical research indicates that translators' occupational status is, as often thought, middling or lower and influenced by many factors. Particularly visibility and cooperation among different agents appear beneficial to improving translator status, but more research would be needed on the interplay of the different factors and on strategies that different agents have employed to change their status. The author aims to address these questions in her post-doctoral project that compares Finnish business translators' status perceptions with those of Danish ones.
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