Introducing Translation Studies

Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide.　

This fifth edition has been fully revised, and continues to provide a balanced and detailed guide to the theoretical landscape. Each theory is applied to a wide range of languages, including Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese and Spanish. A broad spectrum of texts is analysed, including the Bible, Buddhist sutras, Beowulf, the fiction of Proust and the theatre of Shakespeare, European Union and UNESCO documents, a range of contemporary films, a travel brochure, a children's cookery book and the translations of　Harry Potter. Each chapter comprises an introduction outlining the translation theory or theories, illustrative texts with translations, case studies, a chapter summary, and discussion points and exercises.　

New features in this fifth edition include:　

New material to keep up with developments in research and practice; this includes the sociology of translation chapter, where a new case study employs a Bourdieusian approach; there is also newly structured discussion on translation in the digital age, and audiovisual and machine translation;　

Revised discussion points and updated figures and tables;　

New in-chapter activities with links in the enhanced ebook to online materials and articles to encourage independent research;　

An extensive updated companion website with video introductions and journal articles to accompany each chapter, online exercises, an interactive timeline, weblinks, and PowerPoint slides for teacher support.　

This is a practical, user-friendly textbook ideal for students and researchers on courses in translation and translation studies.　

Table of Contents

A visual tour of Introducing Translation Studies

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Main issues of translation studies

2 The basic concepts of early translation theory

3 Equivalence and equivalent effect

4 Studying translation product and process

5 Functional theories of translation

6 Discourse and Register analysis approaches

7 Systems theories

8 Cultural and ideological turns

9 The role of the translator: visibility, ethics and sociology

10 Philosophical approaches to translation

11 New directions from audiovisual translation and digital technology

12 Research and commentary projects

Bibliography

Index