The Cambridge Handbook of Translation

Translation plays a vital role in society it allows us to share knowledge and enrich our lives through access to other cultures. Translation studies is a rapidly evolving academic discipline directly impacted by advances in technological aids and with close connections between theory and practice. Bringing together contributions from internationally-renowned scholars this Handbook offers an authoritative up-to-date account of the many facets of this buoyant discipline. It covers different themes areas of practice and developing trends and provides an overview of the major sub-fields and the connections between them. It is organised into six parts covering the nature of translation its roles in society its relationships with other disciplines a selection of its factual genres a selection of its art-related genres and finally its role in history. Comprehensive yet accessible it is essential reading for students teachers and scholars of translation studies modern languages linguistics social studies and literary studies.