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11. The Translation Studies Reader

    3rd Edition

    Edited by Lawrence Venuti

    The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentieth-century developments. With introductory essays prefacing each section, the book places a wide range of seminal and...

    Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
12. Evaluation in Translation

    Critical points of translator decision-making

    By Jeremy Munday

    In this book, Jeremy Munday presents advances towards a general theory of evaluation in translator decision-making that will be of high importance to translator and interpreter training and to descriptive translation analysis. By ‘evaluation’ the author refers to how a translator’s...

    Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
13. Introducing Translation Studies

    Theories and Applications, 3rd Edition

    By Jeremy Munday

    This is the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the dynamic field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and fully up-to-date overview of key movements and theorists within an expanding area of study, this textbook has become a key source for generations of...

    Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
14. Cities in Translation

    Intersections of Language and Memory

    By Sherry Simon

    Series: New Perspectives in Translation Studies

    All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city. This book focuses on four such linguistically divided cities: Calcutta, Trieste,...

    Published September 28th 2011 by Routledge
15. Applying Luhmann to Translation Studies

    Translation in Society

    By Sergey Tyulenev

    Series: Routledge Advances in Translation Studies

    This book deals with one of the most prominent and promising developments in modern Translation Studies--the sociology of translation. Tyulenev develops an original way of applying Luhmann's Social Systems Theory to translation, viewing translation as a social-systemic boundary phenomenon. The book...

    Published September 25th 2011 by Routledge
16. Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy

    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism...

    Published July 6th 2011 by Routledge
17. In Other Words

    A Coursebook on Translation, 2nd Edition

    By Mona Baker

    This best-selling textbook is the essential coursebook for any student studying in this field. Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, In Other Words offers both a practical and theoretical guide to translation studies, and provides an important foundation for training professional translators....

    Published January 27th 2011 by Routledge
18. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Mona Baker, Gabriela Saldanha

    Praise for the previous edition of the Encyclopedia of Translation Studies: 'Translation has long deserved this sort of treatment. Appropriate for any college or university library supporting a program in linguistics, this is vital in those institutions that train students to become translators.' –...

    Published January 4th 2011 by Routledge
19. Qur'an Translation

    Discourse, Texture and Exegesis

    By Hussein Abdul-Raof

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    The Qur'an is read by millions of Muslims on a daily basis, yet there is no book available to the reader, Arab or non-Arab, which provides a linguistic and rhetorical insight into Qur'anic discourse. This book explains Qur'an translational problems and provides a thorough account of the unique...

    Published December 21st 2010 by Routledge
20. Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism...

    Published July 28th 2010 by Routledge