The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Oxford Handbooks

The first comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of communication in government, commerce, and international relations
Covers every aspect from legal and diplomatic interpretation to the translation of fiction, science, and sacred texts
Describes the field's history from the classical world to the digital age
Covers training and pedagogy
Explores the role of machine translation

The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Description

This book covers the history of the theory and practice of translation from Cicero to the digital age. It examines all major processes of translation, offers critical accounts of current research, and compares competing theoretical perspectives. It considers all kinds of translation from sacred texts, poetry, fiction, and sign language to remote, consecutive, and simultaneous interpretation in legal, diplomatic, and commercial contexts. The two opening parts of the book consider the history of translation theory and central concepts in the study of translation. Parts III, IV, and V cover the written text, the interpretation of speech and sign language, and the role of translation in mixed-mode and multimedia contexts. Part VI considers the contributions and challenges of information technology including the uses and limitations of machine technology. The final part looks at the teaching and training of translators and interpreters. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography and index.

Designed as a state-of-the-art reference and practical guide the book will serve the needs of all those involved in translation, whether as professional translators and interpreters, researchers in translation studies and allied disciplines, or as undergraduate or postgraduate students. This is, in sum, an essential work in a vibrant, fast-moving, and fascinating field.

The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Oxford Handbooks

Part I: The History of Translation Theory
1. European Thinking on Secular Translation, Kevin Windle and Anthony Pym
2. Secular Translation Asian Perspectives, Judy Wakabayashi
3. Translating the Sacred, Robert Barnes
part II: Central Concepts in the Study of Translation
4. Linguistic Approaches to Translation, Kirsten Malmkjaer
5. Stylistics and Translation, Jean Boase-Beier
6. Translation Universals, Kirsten Malmkjaer
7. The Translator as Cross-Cultural Mediator, Susan Bassnett
8. Meaning and Translation, Kirsten Malmkjaer
9. Studying the Translation Process, Riitta Jaaskelainen
Part III: The Written Text
10. The Translation of Literary Prose, Charlotte Barslund
11. The Translation of Drama, Kevin Windle
12. The Translation of Poetry, Francis Jones
13. The Translation of Song, Charlotte Bosseaux
14. The Translation of Literature for Children, Gillian Lathey
15. Public Service Translation, Mustapha Taibi
16. Legal Translation, Leon Wolff
17. Scientific, Technical, and Medical Translation, Sue Ellen Wright
18. Advertising and Localization, Christophe Declercq
Part IV: Interpreting
19. Simultaneous Interpreting, Franz Pochhacker
20. Consecutive Interpreting, Franz Pochhacker
21. Conference Interpreting, Franz Pochhacker
22. Courtroom Interpreting, Ludmila Stern
23. Public Service Interpreting, Sandra Hale
24. Signed Language Interpreting, Jemina Napier
Part V: Mixed-Mode and Multi-Media
25. Spoken Word to Written Text - Subtitling, Roger Hillman
26. Translation for Dubbing and Voice-Over, Barbara Schwarz
27. Website Localization, Anthony Pym
Part VI: Information Technology
28. Machine Translation History, Development, and Limitations, Harold Somers
29. Recent Developments in the use and Application of Machine Translation, John Hutchins
30. Electronic Tools and Resources for Translators, Dorothy Kenny
Part VII: Pedagogy and Training
31. Training Translators, Anthony Pym
32. Training Interpreters, Ludmila Stern
References
Index of Subjects and Personal Names

The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies

Edited by Kirsten Malmkjær and and Kevin Windle

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Kirsten Malmkjær is Chair of Translation Studies in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. She is General Editor of the journal, Target: International Journal of Translation Studies (John Benjamins), and the author of Linguistics and the Language of Translation (EUP 2005). She is co-editor with Gillian Brown, Alastair Pollitt and John N. Williams of Language Understanding (OUP 1994), and with John Williams of Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding (OUP 1998). She is editor of The Linguistics Encyclopaedia (third edition, Routledge, 2010).

Kevin Windle is Reader in Translation Studies, Australian National University. His teaching and research interests include modern Russian and Polish literature, Slavonic lexicography, and translation studies. His translations include: Sergey Aksakov, Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler (Northwestern UP1998); Andrzej Drawicz, The Master and the Devil: A Study of Mikhail Bulgakov (Edwin Mellen Press 2001); Bernhard Maier, The Celts (EUP, 2003); and Joachim Latacz, Troia und Homer: Der Weg zur Lösung eines alten Rätsels (OUP 2004).

Contributors:

Robert Barnes, Australian National University
Charlotte Barslund
Susan Bassnett, Warwick University
Jean Boase-Beier, University of East Anglia
Charlotte Bosseaux, University of Edinburgh
Christophe Declercq, Freelance Translator
Sandra Hale, University of Western Sydney
Roger Hillman, Australian National University
John Hutchins, University of East Anglia
Rita Jääskelainen, University of Eastern Finland
Francis Jones, Newcastle University
Dorothy Kenny, Dublin City University
Gillian Lathey, Roehampton University
Kirsten Malmkjær, Middlesex University
Jemina Napier, Macquarie University
Franz Pöchhacker, University of Vienna
Anthony Pym, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Barbara Schwarz,
Harold Somers, Dublin City University
Ludmila Stern, University of New South Wales
Mustapha Taibi, University of Western Sydney
Judy Wakabayashi, Kent State University
Kevin Windle, Australian National University
Leon Wolff, Bond University
Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University