Translation in global news / Esperanca Bielsa and Susan Bassnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bielsa, Esperança, 1971-

Contributor:

Bassnett, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Translating.

Journalism.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mass media are of paramount importance in the formulation and transmission of messages about key developments of global significance, such as terrorism and the war in Iraq, yet the key mediating role of translation in the reception of speeches and addresses of figures like Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein has remained largely invisible. Incorporating the results of extensive fieldwork in key global news organizations such as Reuters, Agence France Press and Inter Press Service, this book addresses central issues relating to the new pressures on translation arising from globaliz

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Power, language and translation; 2 Globalization and translation; 3 Globalization and news: The role of the news agencies in historical perspective; 4 Translation in global news agencies; 5 Journalism and translation: Practices, strategies and values in the news agencies; 6 Reading translated news: An analysis of agency texts; 7 Translation and trust; Appendix: The languages of global news; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-13024-4

1-281-78722-1

9786611787226

0-203-89001-9

9780203890011

OCLC:

437224312