And translation changed the world (and the world changed translation) / edited by Alberto Fuertes and Ester Torres-Simón.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuertes, Alberto, editor.

Torres-Simón, Ester, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--History.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Communication is the basis for human societies, while contact between communities is the basis for translation. Whether by conflict or cooperation, translation has played a major role in the evolution of societies and it has evolved with them. This volume offers different perspectives on, and approaches to, similar topics and situations within different countries and cultures through the work of young scholars. Translation has a powerful effect on the relationships between peoples, and between people and power. Translation affects initial contacts between cultures, some of them made with the p

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""PART II""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""PART IV""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7500-7

OCLC:

903318174