## HERMES

Journal of Language and Communication Studies

## Referees

Barbara Ahrens

Arnt Lykke Jakobsen

Francesca Bargiela

Anne Kankaanranta

Mirjaliisa Charles

Pierre Lerat

Andrew Chesterman

Leena Louhiala-Salminen

Birgitta Englund Dimitrova

Valeria Molnár

Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen

Catherine Nickerson

Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera

Henning Nølke

Daniel Gile

Gina Poncini

Maurizio Gotti

Daniel Prinsloo

Susanne Göpferich

Annely Rothkegel

Stefan Habscheid

Klaus Schubert

John Humbley

Martin Stegu

## Hermogenes:

I should like to know about Hermes.

## Socrates:

I should imagine that the name Hermes has to do with speech, and signifies that he is the interpreter, or messenger, or thief, or liar, or bargainer; all that sort of thing has a great deal to do with language.

(Platon, Kratylos)

## HERMES

## Journal of Language and Communication Studies

42 - 2009

## EDITORIAL BOARD

Jan Engberg (Editor-in-Chief) Helle V. Dam & Karen K. Zethsen (Theme Editors)

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Helle V. Dam, Helle Dam-Jensen, Poul Erik Jørgensen, Wolfgang Koch, Patrick Leroyer

## PUBLISHED BY

Department of Language and Business Communication

Handelshøjskolen, Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University

http://hermes.asb.dk

## © HERMES 2009

HERMES er sat med Times Laserprint af Vibeke Vrang og trykt hos Werks Offset A/S, Århus.

Trykt med støtte fra Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University.

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ISSN 0904-1699

## Contents

| Helle V. Dam &Karen Korning Zethsen Introduction to the Thematic Section.....................................                                                                                                                |   7 |
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| THEMATIC SECTION Translation Studies: Focus on the Translator                                                                                                                                                                |     |
| ARTICLES                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     |
| Andrew Chesterman The Name and Nature of Translator Studies..........................                                                                                                                                        |  13 |
| Anthony Pym                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |     |
| Humanizing Translation History............................................                                                                                                                                                   |  23 |
| Hanna Risku &Angela Dickinson Translators as Networkers: The Role of Virtual Communities                                                                                                                                     |  49 |
| Ebru Diriker Meta-discourse as a Source for Exploring the Professional Image(s) of Conference Interpreters ......................................                                                                            |  71 |
| Kaisa Koskinen                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |
| Going Localised - Getting Recognised. The Interplay of the Institutional and the Experienced Status of Translators in the European Commission.................................................                               |  93 |
| David Katan                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |     |
| Translation Theory and Professional Practice: AGlobal Survey of the Great Divide ....................................................                                                                                        | 111 |
| Bente Jacobsen                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |
| The Community Interpreter: AQuestion of Role...................                                                                                                                                                              | 155 |
| OTHERARTICLES                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     |
| Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera Specialised Lexicography for Learners: Specific Proposals for the Construction of Pedagogically-oriented Printed Business Dictionaries............................................................. | 167 |

| Mette Hjort-Pedersen &Dorrit Faber Uncertainty in the Cognitive Processing of a Legal Scenario: AProcess Study of Student Translators .................                                                          |   189 |
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| Pierre Lerat                                                                                                                                                                                                     |       |
| La combinatoire des termes. Exemple : nectar de fruits ........                                                                                                                                                  |   211 |
| REVIEWARTICLES                                                                                                                                                                                                   |       |
| Hanne Tange Intercultural Alternatives - two Nordic Books on Intercul- tural Communication..............................................................                                                         |   233 |
| REVIEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                          |       |
| Plum, Elisabeth:                                                                                                                                                                                                 |       |
| Kulturel intelligens In cooperation with Benedicte Achen, Inger Dræby and Iben Jensen. Copenhagen: Børsens Forlag, 2007. (Iris Rittenhofer)..................................................................... |   251 |
| Publications Received ...............................................................                                                                                                                            |   255 |