This companion offers a wide-ranging introduction to the rapidly expanding field of translation studies, bringing together some of the best recent scholarship to present its most important current themes
- Features new work from well-known scholars
- Includes a broad range of geo-linguistic and theoretical perspectives
- Offers an up-to-date overview of an expanding field
- A thorough introduction to translation studies for both undergraduates and graduates
- Multi-disciplinary relevance for students with diverse career goals
 
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction 1
I Approaches to Translation 13
Histories and Theories 14
1 The Changing Landscape of Translation and Interpreting Studies 15
Mona Baker
2 Philosophical/Theoretical Approaches to Translation 28
Efrain Kristal
3 Philosophy in Translation 41
Robert J. C. Young
4 Variations on Translation 54
Susan Bassnett
Methodologies 67
5 Text Analysis and Translation 69
Jeremy Munday
6 The Sociology of Translation: A New Research Domain 82
Gisèle Sapiro
7 Style in, and of, Translation 95
Gabriela Saldanha
8 Translation as Higher-Order Text Processing 107
Gregory M. Shreve and Isabel Lacruz
9 Multimodality in Translation and Interpreting Studies: Theoretical³g