Translation research and interpreting research : traditions, gaps and synergies / edited by Christina Schäffner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schäffner, Christina.

Series:

Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Research.

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon, England ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with Translation Research (TR) and Interpreting Research (IR). In the main contribution, Daniel Gile from the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France) explores kinship, differences and prospects for partnership between the two. He gives an overview of the history of research into translation and interpreting, explores commonalities and reviews differences between translation and interpreting, and discusses implications for research. He comments critically on the foci and paradigms in both TR and IR and on the epistemological and methodological problems they raise. He concludes by saying that Translation and Interpreting Studies are gaining both social cohesion and some weight as an academic identity. The contributions by Jan Cambridge, Andrew Chesterman, Janet Fraser, Yves Gambier, Moira Inghilleri, Zuzana Jettmarová, Ian Mason, Mariana Orozco, Franz Pöchhacker and Miriam Shlesinger focus on translator and interpreter behaviour, research methodology, types of research, disciplinary autonomy and interdisciplinarity, theory and practice, research training, and institutional constraints. There is general agreement that in view of commonalities and differences between translation and interpreting, each step in the investigation of one can contribute valuable input towards investigation of the other.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

The Contributors

Researching Translation and Interpreting

Chapter 1. Translation Research versus Interpreting Research: Kinship, Differences and Prospects for Partnership

Chapter 2. The Debate

Chapter 3. Public Service Interpreting: Practice and Scope for Research

Chapter 4. Paradigm Problems?

Chapter 5. Translation Research and Interpreting Research: Pure, Applied, Action or Pedagogic?

Chapter 6. Translation Studies: A Succession of Paradoxes

Chapter 7. Aligning Macro- and Micro- Dimensions in Interpreting Research

Chapter 8. A Way to Methodology: The Institutional Role in Translation Studies Research Training and Development

Chapter 9. Conduits, Mediators, Spokespersons: Investigating Translator/Interpreter Behaviour

Chapter 10. The Clue to Common Research in Translation and Interpreting: Methodology

Chapter 11. I in TS: On Partnership in Translation Studies

Chapter 12. Doorstep Inter-subdisciplinarity and Beyond

Chapter 13. Response to the Invited Papers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610828364

9781280828362

1280828366

9781853597350

185359735X

OCLC:

567989150