Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global By Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino This book is a multidisciplinary study of the translation and localisation of video games. It offers a descriptive analysis of the industry – understood as a global phenomenon in entertainment – and aims to explain the norms governing present industry practices, as well as game localisation […]
» Read moreTranslation and Social Media: In Theory, in Training and in Professional Practice Authors: Desjardins, Renée This book offers a timely discussion of translation and social media through the lens of three overarching themes that structure the book: theory, training, and professional practice. The author includes references that cite recent translation and social media industry data, while also drawing on contemporary […]
» Read moreCritical Translation Studies By Douglas Robinson About the Book This book offers an introduction for Translation Studies (TS) scholars to Critical Translation Studies (CTS), a cultural-studies approach to the study of translation spearheaded by Sakai Naoki and Lydia H. Liu, with an implicit focus on translation as a social practice shaped by power relations in society. The central claim […]
» Read moreChinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century: Current trends and emerging perspectives Edited by Roberto A. Valdeon About the Book Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century, which presents a selection of some of the best articles published in the journal Perspectives in a five-year period (2012-2017), highlights the vitality of Translation Studies as a profession and as a field […]
» Read moreTranslation and Public Policy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Case Studies Edited by Gabriel González Núñez, Reine Meylaerts About the Book This book brings together an ensemble of leading voices from the fields of economics, language policy, law, political philosophy, and translation studies. They come together to provide theoretical perspectives and practical case studies regarding a shared concern: translation policy. Their timely perspectives […]
» Read moreRagusa and Montalbano: translating Camilleri’s regionalised voices in AVT Ragusa, 19 – 20 October 2017 The literary translation of Camilleri’s series of detective stories featuring Inspector Montalbano are the subject of annual seminars (2013-2016) organised by the University of Cagliari. The forthcoming conference, Ragusa and Montalbano: translating Camilleri’s regionalised voices in AVT, is also a response to those studies and […]
» Read moreInterdisciplinary Conference Call For Papers “Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation, Transposition: saying almost the same thing?” University of Cyprus, Nicosia, November 10-12, 2017. Conference website: <www.intersemiosis-cy.com> Organizing committee: Evangelos Kourdis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) John Milton (University of São Paulo) Vasso Yannakopoulou (University of Cyprus) Keynote speakers: Andrew Chesterman (University of Helsinki) Julie Sanders (Newcastle University) Peeter Torop (University of Tartu) Scientific […]
» Read moreCALL FOR PAPERS “Translation and the Border: Crossing, Conflict, and Creation” The graduate students of the School of Translation at Glendon College, York University, are pleased to announce the 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference in Translation Studies to be held at the Glendon College in Toronto on March 18, 2017. The keynote speaker will be confirmed shortly. Thanks to technological […]
» Read moreClick on the link below to download a copy of the interview. Mona Baker is interviewed by Andrew Chesterman 2008. Cultus 1(1): 10-33
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