Community Translation

Investigating an important field within translation studies, Community Translation addresses the specific context, characteristics and needs of translation in and for communities. Traditional classifications in the fields of discourse and genre are of limited use to the field of translation studies, as they overlook the social functions of translation. Instead, this book argues for a classification that cuts across traditional lines, based on the social dimensions of translation and the relationships between text producers and audiences. Community Translation discusses the different types of texts produced by public authorities, services and individuals for communities that need to be translated into minority languages, and the socio-cultural issues that surround them. In this way, this book demonstrates the vital role that community translation plays in ensuring communication with all citizens and in the empowerment of minority language speakers by giving them access to information, enabling them to participate fully in society.>

About the author

Mustapha Taibi is an Associate Professor and Director of Academic Program, Languages, Interpreting and Translation at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and leader of the International Community Translation Research Group.Uldis Ozolins is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Uldis Ozolins, Uldis Taibi Ozolins, Mustapha Taibi, Mustapha Ozolins Taibi
• Assisted by: Jeremy Munday (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2016
• EAN: 9781474221658
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-2165-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Translation; Bloomsbury Advances in Transla; Bloomsbury Advances in Transla; Bloomsbury Advances in Translation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics