The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies [Paperback]

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studiesprovides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the complex field of translation studies.

Written by leading specialists from around the world, this volume brings together authoritative original articles on pressing issues including:

• the current status of the field and its interdisciplinary nature
• the problematic definition of the object of study
• the various theoretical frameworks
• the research methodologies available.

The handbook also includes discussion of the most recent theoretical, descriptive and applied research, as well as glimpses of future directions within the field and an extensive up-to-date bibliography.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Studiesis an indispensable resource for postgraduate students of translation studies.

Introduction Carmen Mill?n-Varela and Francesca BartrinaPrelude - The Institutionalization of the Discipline Jose Lambert Part 1: Translation Studies as an Academic Discipline1. Where are we? (From Holmes' map until now) Kirsten Malmkjaer  2. The Position of Audiovisual Studies Yves Gambier  3. The Position of Interpreting Studies Franz Pochhacker  Part 2: Defining the Object of Research in Translation Studies  4. What is (not) Translation? Theo Hermans  5. The Translation Process as Object of Research Gyde Hansen  6. Research on Translator and Interpreter Education Mira Kim  7. The Relevance of Theory in Translation Studies Rosemary Arrojo  Parló%