Exploring Translation Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of the core contemporary
paradigms of Western translation theory. This engaging overview covers the key theories of …

Translation is a social phenomenon, and no social phenomenon is ahistoric. As such,
translation must be contextualized in its historical environment. This entails the need on the …

This chapter focuses on ethical concerns experienced by different stakeholders in the
translation industry at various levels in translation production. These stakeholders' …

the-art overview of this multi-faceted disciplinary area and serves both as an introduction to
carrying out research into translation and interpreting history and as a key point of reference …

This concise and accessible textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the key historical
aspects of translation. Six chapters cover essential concepts in researching and writing the …

This chapter provides a brief history of team interpreting in the signed language–spoken
language interpreting field and explores the hiring and teaming practices of Deaf–hearing …

Virtue theories of ethics start from the assumption that a good person's character
demonstrates various forms of excellence, known since classical times in the West as …

Portugal's great breakthrough between 1415 and 1499 during the Age of Discovery was
rounding the African coastline, from Ceuta in the Strait of Gibraltar to Mogadishu in the Horn …

Trade-offs are solutions to translation problems where two or more apparently incompatible
values are sought at the same time. As such, they present an alternative to theories that see …

This article considers the work that goes into the emergence of social-cultural reality. It uses
the notion of constraints to think about the non-physical domain of ideas, which are usually …