Translation and Opposition Hb

This book explores issues of inter/intra-social agency and identity construction. It features studies in such diverse fields as interpreting, audiovisual translation and the translation of political discourse and literary texts. It demonstrates that translation is an act of negotiating fault lines between 'us' and cultural or political 'others'.

About the author

Dimitris Asimakoulas is the Programme Director for the MA in Audiovisual Translation and the MA in Translation Studies with Intercultural Communication at the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey. He has published in leading translation journals, focusing on sociological approaches to translation. He is a member of the editorial board for New Voices in Translation.
Margaret Rogers is Professor of Translation and Terminology Studies and Director of the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey. She initiated the Terminology Network in the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, UK, and is a founder member of the Association of Terminology and Lexicography. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of Terminology, LSP and Professional Communication and Fachsprache as well as being a member of the Executive Board of the International Institute for Terminology Research.

Product details

• Authors: Dimitris Asimakoulas
• Assisted by: Dimitris Asimakoulas (Editor), Rogers (Editor), Margaret Rogers (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2011
• EAN: 9781847694317
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-431-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Translating Europe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics