Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Credits -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 About the organization of this book -- 1.2 Examples, back-translati…
Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics. It thus provides a solid basis for training a new generation of well-informed, critical students of transla…
"[This book] has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for nearly three decades. Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics.…
Addresses the need for a systematic approach to training in translation studies by exploring various areas of language and relating the theoretical findings to the actual practice of translation. Authentic examples are used.
Pt. 1. Empowering citizens -- pt. 2. Questions of performance and affect -- pt. 3. The personal and the political -- pt. 4. Processes of appropriation : whose agenda?
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- 1 Reconceptualizing citizen media: a preliminary charting of a complex domain -- Part I Empowering citizens -- 2 Understanding citizen media as pr…
Citizen Media and Public Spaces" presents a pioneering exploration of citizen media as a highly interdisciplinary domain that raises vital political, social and ethical issues relating to conceptions of citizenship and state boundaries, the construction of publics and social ima…
Discursive and non-discursive interventions in the political arena are heavily mediated by various acts of translation that enable protest movements to connect across the globe. Focusing on the Egyptian experience since 2011, this volume brings together a unique group of activis…
