Category: Publications

JoSTrans – The Journal of Specialised Translation: issue 29, 2018. Special issue on Translation in the creative industries Edited by Dionysios Kapsaskis INTRODUCTION Dionysios Kapsaskis Translation in the creative industries [abstract] [about the author] [HTML] [PDF] PP 2-11 FEATURES David Katan interviewed by Lucile Desblache  on translating cultures Marek Gralewski interviewed by Lucile Desblache on being a translator in Poland […]

Linguistic and Cultural Representation in Audiovisual Translation Edited by Irene Ranzato, Serenella Zanotti   Link to the website: https://www.routledge.com/Linguistic-and-Cultural-Representation-in-Audiovisual-Translation/Ranzato-Zanotti/p/book/9781138286214 About this book: This collection of essays offers a multi-faceted exploration of audiovisual translation, both as a means of intercultural exchange and as a lens through which linguistic and cultural representations are negotiated and shaped. Examining case studies from a variety of media, including film, […]

Critical Multilingualism Studies: volume 5, issue 3, 2017: special issue on Multilingual approaches to literary classics edited by Till Dembeck (Université du Luxembourg)   Link to the website: http://cms.arizona.edu/index.php/multilingual Articles: Zur Konversion von Sprachigkeit in Sprachlichkeit (langagification des langues) in Goethes Wilhelm Meister-Romanen by Robert Stockhammer Abstract：In light of recent insights into the near-omnipresence of multilingual features in literature, it seems promising to […]

Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A Collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners Jackie Xiu Yan, Jun Pan, Honghua Wang   Link to the website: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-10-6958-1#toc About this book: This book comprehensively examines the development of translator and interpreter training using bibliometric reviews of the state of the field and empirical studies on classroom practice. It starts by introducing databases in […]

Making Way in Corpus-based Interpreting Studies Herausgeber: Russo, Mariachiara, Bendazzoli, Claudio, Defrancq, Bart (Eds.) Link to the website: http://www.springer.com/de/book/9789811061981#aboutAuthors About this book: This book presents a collection of state-of-the-art work in corpus-based interpreting studies, highlighting international research on the properties of interpreted speech, based on naturalistic interpreting data. Interpreting research has long been hampered by the lack of naturalistic data that would allow researchers to […]

FACHSPRACHE Vol. XXXVIII 3–4/2017 Beobachtungen zur Lokaldeixis in der technischen Fachübersetzung. Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung an einem viersprachigen Korpus europäischer Patentschriften Heribert Härtinger Abstract： The present study explores structures of local deixis in scientific and technical texts. Its particular focus is on the translational implications arising from the use of local deixis in European patent specifications, a frequently translated LSP […]

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies and Linguistics edited by Kirsten Malmkjaer   About this book: The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies and Linguistics explores the interrelationships between translation studies and linguistics in six sections of state-of-the-art chapters, written by leading specialists from around the world. The first part begins by addressing the relationships between translation studies and linguistics as major topics […]

Dolmetscher und ihre Ausbildung im Zeitalter der europäischen Expansion (Interpreters and Interpreters’ Education in Times of European Expansion) by Lena Skalweit   About this book: Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts intensivieren sich die diplomatischen und wirtschaftlichen Kontakte zwischen Europa und dem Osmanischen Reich sowie die europäischen Bemühungen um Kolonien in Afrika. Professionelle und vertrauensvolle Dolmetscher sind gefragter denn je. Wie aufschlussreich ein […]

Berufsschutz für Übersetzer und Dolmetscher in Deutschland (Professional protection for translators and interpreters in Germany) by Annika Schlesiger About the book: Warum sind „Übersetzer“ und „Dolmetscher“ in Deutschland keine geschützten Berufsbezeichnungen? Entsprechende Bemühungen gibt es schließlich seit mehr als 60 Jahren. Um das zu klären, beleuchtet Annika Schlesiger zunächst den Status quo: Sie skizziert den rechtlichen Rahmen für die Tätigkeit von […]

Articles: Life in a Dead Language Nelson, Matthew, Journal of World Literature, 2, 411-432 (2017), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1163/24056480-00204004 Abstract: Literature written in Sanskrit after the onset of British colonialism is sorely neglected. Modern Sanskrit, as it is often called, suffers from the bad image of being written in a dead language. Many of its writers would disagree with that image, but they would […]