Overview

Affect shapes every act of translation and interpreting. Affect in Translation and Interpreting explores how emotions, relationships, and human connection guide the work of translators and interpreters around the world. Through rich case studies and conversations with practitioners, the volume shows how affect operates in community settings, trauma narratives, classrooms, literary exchanges, and the everyday encounters that define multilingual life. It reveals how affect circulates through translation and interpreting, influencing decisions and interactions, as well as the connections that emerge across languages and cultures. Methodologically rich and intellectually ambitious, the book expands the conceptual and practical horizons of affect-oriented research in compelling ways. Bringing together scholars and professionals from diverse backgrounds, it offers an essential and accessible look at the embodied, relational, and socially embedded dimensions of translation and interpreting today. It invites readers to see these practices as deeply human and shaped by care and connection.

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Author:   Sofía Monzón (Assistant Professor, Utah State University) ,  Lucie Spezzatti (Teaching Assistant, University of Geneva) ,  Elisabeth Goemans (Lecturer, KU Leuven)
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789462705197

ISBN 10:   9462705194
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   27 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Introduction. Approaching Affect in Translation and Interpreting Sofía Monzón, Elisabeth Goemans, & Lucie Spezzatti Part I. Interpreters’ Affective Labor and Emotional Economies Chapter 1. Emotional Capital and Its Link to Emotional Labor in Community Interpreting Irem Ayan Chapter 2. Affects in On-Demand Mobile App Interpreting in Public Service Settings : Interpreters’ Experiences Anu Viljanmaa Chapter 3. Affect and Vicarious Traumatization: The Emotional Toll of Interpreting Chiara Rao and Koen Kerremans Part II. Contexts and Circulation of Affect in Translation Chapter 4. Empathy in Translating Chinese Cultural Trauma Narratives Zhenglin Lu and Yin Zhang Chapter 5. A Journey into the Reader’s Mind: Pedagogical Perspectives on Rational Empathy in Translator Education Christof Sulzer Chapter 6. Affecting Affect: A study of “Affective Responses” to Translated Literature in the Spanish-Speaking World (1960s-1970s) Sofía Monzón Part III. Affective Dialogues Chapter 7. Sticky Affects and Relational Craft: A Dialogue with Jan Steyn Sofía Monzón Chapter 8. “Translation Is an Act of Generosity in Which There Is No Room for the Ego”: In Conversation with Alicia Partnoy Elisabeth Goemans Chapter 9. “Empathy Became Fundamental”: A Conversation with Irene Manganini and Michela Deiana from the Associazione Vanvera Lucie Spezzatti Coda. Moving On with Researching Translation and Affect Kaisa Koskinen Index

Reviews

From remote interpreters’ working conditions to the translation of cultural trauma narratives and the translation classroom, this volume provides a truly comprehensive account of what the concept of affect can provide for researchers, teachers, and practitioners of translation and interpreting. It is key reading for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of affect as an object of study or a mode of inquiry. - Sari Hokkanen, Tampere University

Author Information

Sofía Monzón is Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Translation and Interpreting Program at Utah State University. Lucie Spezzatti is a post-doctoral researcher in literary translation at the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Translation and Interpreting. Elisabeth Goemans is Lecturer in Hispanic Literatures and a researcher in languages and education at KU Leuven.

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