Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures

<p>In this interdisciplinary book Juliane House breaks new ground by situating translation within Applied Linguistics. In thirteen chapters she examines translation as a means of communication across different languages and cultures provides a critical overview of different approaches to translation of the link between culture and translation and between views of context and text in translation.</p> <p></p> <p>Featuring an account of translation from a linguistic-cognitive perspective House covers problematic issues such as the existence of universals of translation cases of untranslatability and ways and means of assessing the quality of a translation. Recent methodological and research avenues such as the role of corpora in translation and the effects of globalization processes on translation are presented in a neutral non-biased manner. The book concludes with a thorough historical account of the role of translation in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching and a discussion of new challenges and problems of the professional practice of translation in our world today.</p> <p>Written by a highly experienced teacher and researcher in the field <i>Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures</i> is an essential resource for students and researchers of translation studies applied linguistics and communication studies.</p>