Why translation studies matters
By: edited by Daniel Gile, Gyde Hansen, Nike K. Pokorn
Series: Benjamins translation library -- v. 88; Benjamins translation library. EST subseries -- v. 6; Benjamins translation library -- v. 88.; Benjamins translation library -- v. 6.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.; John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789027224347
Description: "Whether Translation Studies really matters is an important and challenging question which practitioners of translation and interpreting raise repeatedly. TS scholars, many of whom are translators and interpreters themselves, are not indifferent to it either. The twenty papers of this thematic volume, contributed by authors from various parts of Europe, from Brazil and from Israel, address it in a positive spirit. Some do so through direct critical reflection and analysis, arguing in particular that the engagement of TS with society should be strengthened so that the latter could benefit more from the former. Others illustrate the relevance and contribution of TS to society and to other disciplines from various angles. Topics broached include the cultural mediation role of translators, issues in literary translation, knowledge as intellectual capital, globalization through English and risks associated with it, bridging languages, mass media, corpora, training, the use of modern technology, interdisciplinarity with psycholinguistics and neurophysiology."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Articles in English and German.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I. Does TS matter?: Why interpreting studies matters / Franz Pöchhacker; title: What matters to translation studies? On the role of public translation studies / Kaisa Koskinen; title: Part II. Translation and society: Translators as cultural mediators: wish or reality?: a question for translation studies / David Limon; title: Censorship in the translations and pseudo-translations of the West / Carmen Camus Camus; title: A world without God: Slovene Bambi / Nike K. Pokorn; title: Manipulating the matricial norms: a comparison of the English, Swedish and French translations of La caverna de las ideas by José Carlos Somoza / Yvonne Lindqvist; title: Knowledge in translation studies and translation practice: intellectual capital in modern society / Hanna Risku, Angela Dickinson and Richard Pircher; title: Part III. Language issues: Is translation studies going Anglo-Saxon? Critical comments on the globalization of a discipline / Mary Snell-Hornby; title: Slowakisch: Brückensprache zur slawischen Welt?: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer kleinen EU-Sprache / Martina Vankúšová; title: Translation Studies and mass media research / Rachel Weissbrod; title: Register shifts in translations of popular fiction from English into Slovene / Marija Zlatnar Moe; title: Getting the ACCENT right in translation studies / Ian A. Williams; title: Die Kirche im Dorf oder die Regierung im Wald lassen: Zum Übersetzungsproblem der Namen von Ämtern und Ähnlichem für Nachrichtenzwecke im Medium Radio / Dieter Hermann Schmitz; title: Part IV. Assessment and training: Magnifying glasses modifying maps: a role for translation theory in introductory courses / Heloísa Pezza Cintrão; title: Effects of short intensive practice on interpreter trainees' performance / Magdalena Bart±omiejczyk; title: Corpora in translator training: a program for an eLearning course / Kerstin Kunz, Sara Castagnoli, Natalie Kübler; title: Part V. Psychology: Psycholinguistik, Übersetzungswissenschaft und Expertiseforschung im Rahmen der interdisziplinären Forschung / Caroline Lehr; title: Interpreting Studies and psycholinguistics: a possible synergy effect / Agnieszka Chmiel; title: fMRI for exploring simultaneous interpreting / Barbara Ahrens ... [et al.]; title: Part VI. Postscript: Why Translation studies matters: a pragmatist's viewpoint / Daniel Gile; title: Index.