Overview
This is the first handbook to focus on translation theory, based on an innovative and expanded definition of translation and on the newest perspectives in the field of Translation Studies. With an introductory overview explaining the rationale, a part on foundational issues and three further parts on object translation, representamen translation and interpretant translation, the handbook provides a critical overview of conceptual approaches to translation which can contribute to our understanding of translational phenomena in the broadest sense. Authored by leading international figures, the handbook covers a wide range of theories and approaches from ecological and biosemiotic approaches to philosophical and cultural approaches, and from computational sciences to anthropology. The Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts is both an essential reference guide for advanced students, researchers and scholars in translation and interpreting studies, and it is an enlightening guide to future developments in the field.
Full Product Details
Author: Reine Meylaerts ,
Kobus Marais
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780367752019
ISBN 10: 0367752018
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 27 June 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
Once again, Translation Studies is currently in the process of recalibrating itself and its purpose. This collective volume offers a wealth of thought-out contributions to rethinking its conceptual and theoretical foundations. A must-read for anyone interested in the future pathways of the discipline. Kaisa Koskinen, Tampere University, Finland
Author Information
Reine Meylaerts is Full Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium, and is currently (2017−2025) Vice-Rector Humanities and Social Sciences. She was review editor of Target. International Journal of Translation Studies (2011−2017) and former Secretary General (2004−2007) of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST). She is the author of various books, including co-editor, with Kobus Marais, of Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies: Methodological Considerations (Routledge, 2018). Kobus Marais is Professor of Translation Studies in the Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He has published two monographs, Translation Theory and Development Studies: A Complexity Theory Approach (2014) and A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation: The Emergence of Social-Cultural Reality (2018), with Routledge. He has also published two edited volumes: Translation Studies Beyond the Postcolony (with Ilse Feinauer, 2017) and Complexity Thinking in Translation Studies: Methodological Considerations (with Reine Meylaerts, Routledge 2018).
