Over the last decade, a range of theoretical and methodological developments has brought
to the fore the contribution that non-verbal semiotics makes to written and spoken texts as …

As the'thresholds' through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have already
sparked important scholarship in literary theory, digital studies and media studies …

Second, this volume speaks to my understanding of intellectual activism. Owning the power
of a language, a culture, a style of communication is the mark of power itself, both within our …

The influential role of context in the production and reception of translations has long been
at the forefront of thinking in Translation Studies. Ever since the 'cultural turn', much …

For all that Cicero is often seen as the father of translation theory, his and other Roman
comments on translation are often divorced from the complicated environments that …

Sometimes conference interpreting is considered to be an expensive luxury. The
interpreters, it is argued, often perform a service for only a handful of listeners and, these …

This book traces translation and interpreting practices in the Habsburg Empire's (1848-
1918) administration, courts and diplomatic service, and takes account of the “habitualised” …

Translator's notes are paratextual elements in which the translator makes his or her voice
heard, thus giving up his or her invisible position in order to address the reader directly …

Als ich die Recherchen für die nun überarbeitete und im Druck vorliegende Habi
litationsschrift in Angriff nahm und die ersten Forschungskonzepte ent wickelte, war mir bald …

In this article I argue that translated texts and translational paratexts invite readers to read
translated texts as if they were the originals, a hitherto widely ignored premise of …