Reviewing the volume, edited by Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov, Liisa Tiittula and Maarit Koponen, for Target, Professor Lucile Davier, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Geneva, concludes with these fine words: This collection of essays […] will certainly “engender further research” (21), mainly because of two strengths. First, it is a truly interdisciplinary attempt to […]
Gender and Translation: Understanding Agents in Transnational Reception Isis Herrero López, Cecilia Alvstad, Johanna Akujärvi and Synnøve Skarsbø Lindtner, eds. Contemporary research in Translation Studies highlights the fundamental role gender plays in translation and transnational reception. This volume brings fresh insights to this rich field of inquiry by examining how gender impacts concretely on the […]
Edited by Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov, Liisa Tiittula and Maarit Koponen As fundamentally social activities, translation and interpreting necessarily engage with the notion of community. Translators and interpreters ensure communication between different linguistic communities, work themselves within professional communities, interact with other communities of agents in the translation or interpretation process, and reach out to diverse communities […]