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Perspectives, Volume 26, Issue 6: Special Issue on ‘Popular Fiction in Translation’ Edited by Diana Bianchi & Federico Zanettin   ‘Under surveillance’. An introduction to popular fiction in translation Diana Bianchi & Federico Zanettin Abstract: The translation of popular fiction is an under researched field within Translation Studies, with a very limited number of general studies and a few articles […]

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship Helen Pluckrose, James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian This essay, although hopefully accessible to everyone, is the most thorough breakdown of the study and written for those who are already somewhat familiar with the problems of ideologically-motivated scholarship, radical skepticism and cultural constructivism. Link to the website: https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ Part I: Introduction Something […]

Babel: Volume 64, Issue 1, 2018 Between invisibility and over-visibility: Self-perception and user expectations of liaison interpreters in business settings Binghan Zheng, Xia Xiang Abstract: Recent research on liaison interpreting shows that the interpreters’ role in communicative events includes language facilitator and intercultural mediator. Being empowered with more coordinating functions rather than regarded as invisible conduits, however, how do interpreters […]

Interpreting: Volume 20, Issue 2, 2018 Link to this issue: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/1569982x/browse Mixed-methods research in interpreting studies: A methodological review (2004–2014) Chao Han Abstract: Interpreting Studies (IS) has emerged as an interdisciplinary enterprise, using a diverse array of research methods derived from postpositivist and constructivist paradigms to investigate interpreting/translational phenomena. Mixed-methods research (MMR), which should enable both Erklärung (explanation) and Verstehen […]

Translation, Cognition & Behavior – Volume 1, Issue 2, 2018 Link to this issue: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/25425285/1/2 Processing of grammatical metaphor: Insights from controlled translation and reading experiments Arndt Heilmann, Tatiana Serbina, Stella Neumann Abstract: This paper investigates cognitive effort invested in the translation and reading of grammatical metaphor. It is based on the results of two experiments conducted using the methods […]

Russian Journal of Linguistics (22: 3): STUDIES IN SEMANTICS – For Anna Wierzbicka’s anniversary Link to the Full Issue: http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/issue/viewIssue/1103/241 ‘Anna Wierzbicka, Words and the World’ by Gladkova A.N., Larina T.V. Abstract: This introduction to the Special Issue summarises Anna Wierzbicka’s contribution to the linguistic study of meaning. It presents the foundations of the approach known as the Natural Semantic […]