Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts</em> 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.</p>