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Zusatztext "The essays in this collection represent an array of approaches to decolonizing translation, drawing on a wide range of theories such as postnationalism, ecology, histories of migration, border violence, language rights and social justice, and much more. An indispensable resource for those who want to get up to speed on a rapidly evolving field with significant impact on the humanities today." Emily Apter, New York University, USA Informationen zum Autor Esperança Bielsa is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Her research is in the areas of cultural sociology, social theory, translation, globalization and cosmopolitanism. She is the author of Cosmopolitanism and Translation and The Latin American Urban Crónica , and co-author of Translation in Global News . Dionysios Kapsaskis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, UK, where he teaches translation theory and audiovisual translation. His interests and publications are in the areas of comparative literature, translation and film. He is also a specialized translator and film subtitler into Greek. Klappentext The first handbook to provide a comprehensive coverage of the main approaches that theorize translation and globalization, it is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of translation and globalization within translation and interpreting studies, comparative literature, sociology, global studies, cultural studies and related areas. Zusammenfassung The first handbook to provide a comprehensive coverage of the main approaches that theorize translation and globalization, it is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of translation and globalization within translation and interpreting studies, comparative literature, sociology, global studies, cultural studies and related areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the intersection between translation and globalization; Part I: Key concepts ; 1. Translation encounters and the histories of globalization; 2. Multiple and entangled modernities, cosmopolitanism and translation; 3. The individuality of language: internationality and transnationality; 4. Translation and inequality; 5. Translation and geography: the globe and the Western spatial imagination; 6. Translation and climate change; 7. The internationalization of translation studies; 8. Transnational and global approaches in translation studies: methodological observations; Part II: People ; 9. Translation and the semiotics of migrants’ visibility; 10. Living in translation; 11. Interpreting in a globalized world: current perspectives and future challenges; 12. Translation in contexts of crisis; 13. Non-professional translators in the context of globalization; 14. The impact of globalization on translator and interpreter education; Part III: Culture ; 15. Globalization, cultural hegemony, and translation: the paradoxical complexity of translation theory and practice in the emerging world order; 16. World translation flows: preferred languages and subjects; 17. Translation and authorship in a globalized world; 18. Literature and translation: global confluences and meaningful asymmetries; 19. ‘The one-inch barrier’: the translation hurdle of world cinema; 20. Translation and the globalization/localization of news; 21. Museums as translation zones; Part IV: Economics ; 22. Translation in the neoliberal era; 23. Translating tourism; 24. Globalization, advertising and promotional translation; 25. Language demand and supply; 26. Localization; 27. The impact of technology on the role of the translator in globalized production workflows; 28. Volunteerism in translation: Translators Without Borders and the platform economy;
