The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies

Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina, Carmen Millán, Francesca Bartrina

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415559676
• eBook ISBN: 9781136242144
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the complex field of translation studies.

Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together authoritative original articles on pressing issues including:

• the current status of the field and its interdisciplinary nature
• the problematic definition of the object of study
• the various theoretical frameworks
• the research methodologies available.

The handbook also includes discussion of the most recent theoretical, descriptive and applied research, as well as glimpses of future directions within the field and an extensive up-to-date bibliography.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies is an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of translation studies.

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Edited by Carmen Millán and

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The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by

Carmen Millán and Francesca Bartrina

First published 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

The Routledge handbook of translation studies / edited by Carmen Millán and Francesca Bartrina.

p. cm. – (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Translating and interpreting–Study and teaching. 2. Translating and interpreting– Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Millán, Carmen. II. Bartrina, Francesca.

P306.5.R68 2012

418’.02071–dc23

2012006110

ISBN: 978-0-415-55967-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-10289-3 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9780203102893

Typeset in Times New Roman by Taylor & Francis Books

Contents

• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Routes into translation studies: the journey through a discipline Carmen Millán and Francesca Bartrina
• 1. Prelude: The institutionalization of the discipline José Lambert
• PART 1. Translation studies as an academic discipline
  • 2. Where are we? (From Holmes’s map until now) Kirsten Malmkjær
  • 3. The position of audiovisual translation studies Yves Gambier
  • 4. The position of interpreting studies Franz Pöchhacker
• PART 2. Defining the object of research in translation studies
  • 5. What is (not) translation? Theo Hermans
  • 6. The translation process as object of research Gyde Hansen
  • 7. Research on translator and interpreter education Mira Kim
  • 8. The relevance of theory in translation studies Rosemary Arrojo
• PART 3. Theoretical frameworks and research methodologies
  • 9. Translation history Ş...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Frontmatter 1
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Routes into translation studies: the journey through a discipline—Carmen Millán and Francesca Bartrina
• 1. Prelude: The institutionalization of the discipline—José Lambert
• PART 1. Translation studies as an academic discipline
• PART 2. Defining the object of research in translation studies
• PART 3. Theoretical frameworks and research methodologies
• PART 4. Specialized practices
• PART 5. Future challenges
• Author Index
• Subject Index