Translation and Community

Community, or Public Service, Translation contributes to a more equitable and sustainable community by empowering minority groups such as migrants and refugees and is a growing area for both teaching and research within Translation studies.

List of contents

Series editor’s foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. What is special about community translation?
Chapter 2. Your role as a community translator
Chapter 3. Text types, translation brief, and translation strategies
Chapter 4. Translating public messaging
Chapter 5. Translating regulatory texts
Chapter 6. Translating culturally sensitive texts
Chapter 7. Translating for different dissemination media
Chapter 8. Translating personal official documents
Chapter 9. Locating and using resources
Chapter 10. Revising your and another translator’s work
Chapter 11. Teamwork and community engagement
Index

About the author

Mustapha Taibi is a professor in interpreting and translation at Western Sydney University, the leader of the International Community Translation Research Group and editor of Translation & Interpreting. His books include Community Translation, New Insights into Arabic Translation and Interpreting, Translating for the Community, Multicultural Health Translation, Interpreting and Communication and Translating Cultures.

Summary

Community, or Public Service, Translation contributes to a more equitable and sustainable community by empowering minority groups such as migrants and refugees and is a growing area for both teaching and research within Translation studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mustapha Taibi, Mustapha (Western Sydney University Taibi, Taibi Mustapha
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032424262
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242426-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Introductions to Translation and Interpreting
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Social groups, Translation & interpretation, Translation and interpretation, Social groups, communities and identities