Translators want to take their readers into account, but traditional translation theory does not
offer much advice on how to do that. User-Centered Translation (UCT) offers practical tools …

Das völlig überarbeitete und erweiterte Pionierwerk von Hanna Risku bietet eine neue Sicht
auf die kognitiven Grundlagen des Übersetzens und analysiert aktuelle Entwicklungen in …

Routledge Translation Guides cover the key translation text types and genres and equip
translators and students of translation with the skills needed to translate them. Concise …

This article reports on an investigation which forms part of a comprehensive empirical
project aimed at investigating the status of professional translators and interpreters in a …

Community-based research in technical communication is well suited to supporting
empowerment and developing contextualized understandings, but this research is messy …

The consensus amongst translators and translation scholars regarding translator status is
that it is decidedly low. But is translator status as low as often claimed, and how do we …

Background and key aims: As a result of economic, social, and technological changes,
companies wishing to compete in the global economy see both technical communication …

The present article is part of a larger project which investigates the occupational status of
professional translators. The studies conducted so far within the framework of the project …

Research problem: In our increasingly globalized world, the fields of technical and
professional communication (TPC) and translation studies (TS) share many points of …

This article reports on a study which is part of an ongoing project, investigating occupational
status within the translation profession by focusing on professional translators and …