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Less Translated Languages
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005; US$ 195.00This is the first collection of articles devoted entirely to less translated languages , a term that brings together well-known, widely used languages such as Arabic or Chinese, and long-neglected minority languages ? with power as the key word at play. It starts with some views on English, the dominant language in Translation as elsewhere, considers... more...
The Metalanguage of Translation
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 128.00?Let the meta-discussion begin,? James Holmes urged in 1972. Coming almost forty years later ? years filled with fascinating and often unexpected developments in the interdiscipline of Translation Studies ? this volume offers the reader a multiplicity of meta-perspectives, while also moving the discussion forward. Indeed, the (re)production and (re)use... more...
The Moving Text
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 128.00For the discourse of localization, translation is often "just a language problem". For translation theorists, localization introduces fancy words but nothing essentially new. Both views are probably right, but only to an extent. This book sets up a dialogue across those differences. Is there anything that translation theory can gain from localization?... more...
Multiple Voices in the Translation Classroom
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 188.00The main aim of this book is to provide teaching ideas that can be adapted to different learning environments and that can be used with different language combinations. The pedagogical approach and the activities, tasks and projects are based on Communicative, Humanistic and Socioconstructivist principles: the students are actively involved in their... more...
Revisiting the Interpreter?s Role
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 135.00Through the development of a valid and reliable instrument, this book sets out to study the role that interpreters play in the various settings where they work, i.e. the courts, the hospitals, business meetings, international conferences, and schools. It presents interpreters? perceptions and beliefs about their work as well as statements of their... more...
Self-Preservation in Simultaneous Interpreting
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 128.00The image of the tightrope walker illustrates the interpreter?s balancing act. Compelled to move forward at a pace set by someone else, interpreters compensate for pressures and surges that might push them into the void. The author starts from the observation that conference interpreters tend to see survival as being their primary objective. It is... more...
Sociocultural Aspects of Translating and Interpreting
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2006; US$ 158.00Translation Studies has recently been searching for connections with Cultural Studies and Sociology. This volume brings together a range of ways in which the disciplines can be related, particularly with respect to research methodologies. The key aspects covered are the agents behind translation, the social histories revealed by translations, the perceived... more...
Teaching Translation and Interpreting 4
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2002; US$ 158.00This volume contains selected papers from the 4th Language International Conference on ?Teaching Translation and Interpreting: Building Bridges? which was held in Shanghai in December 1998. The collection is an excellent source of ideas and information for teachers and students alike. With contributions from five continents, the topics discussed cover... more...
Testing and Assessment in Translation and Interpreting Studies
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 143.00Testing and Assessment in Translation and Interpreting Studies examines issues of measurement that are essential to translation and interpreting. Conceptualizing testing both as a process and a product, the collection of papers explores these issues across languages and settings (including university classrooms, research projects, the private sector,... more...
Textual Translation and Live Translation
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 158.00After the many interdisciplinary perspectives on nonverbal communication offered by the author in his previous seven John Benjamins books, which have generated a wide range of scholarly applications, the present monograph is dominated by a very broad concept of translation. This treatment of translation includes theater and cinema (enriching our intellectual-sensorial... more...









