Research and Professional Practice in Specialised Translation

Specialised translation has received very little attention from academic researchers, but in fact accounts for the bulk of professional translation on a global scale and is taught in a growing number of university-level translation programmes. This book aims to provide three things. Firstly, it offe...

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Main Author: Scarpa, Federica
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Specialised translation has received very little attention from academic researchers, but in fact accounts for the bulk of professional translation on a global scale and is taught in a growing number of university-level translation programmes. This book aims to provide three things. Firstly, it offers a description of what makes the approach to specialised translation distinctive from wider-ranging approaches to Translation Studies adopted by translation scholars and applied linguists. Secondly, unlike the traditional approach to specialised translation, this book explores a perspective on specialised translation that is much less focused on terminology and more on the function and reception of specialised (translated) texts. Finally, the author outlines a professionally-oriented hands-on approach to the teaching of specialised translation resulting from many years of teaching it to MA students. The book will be of interest to Translation Studies students and scholars, as well as professional translators who are interested in the theory on which their activity is based. Federica Scarpa is Full Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Trieste, Italy, where she teaches Specialised Translation.
Physical Description:XI, 419 p. 1 illus online resource
ISBN:9781137519672