Translation Project Management

<p>This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the processes principles and constraints of project management in the translation industry. It offers readers clear insights into modern-day project management practices specific to translation services and an understanding of critical inter-related aspects of the process drawing on key works in business studies on management aspects of economics relevant to project management and international standards on project management processes.</p><p>Developed on the back of a successful module titled Intercultural Project Management <i>Translation Project Management </i>provides a coherent account of the entire translation project management lifecycle from start to finish and pays considerable attention to the factors influencing decision- making at various stages and how external forces shape the way in which a translation project plays out. Through an array of real-world case studies it offers readers opportunities to explore analyse and engage with six fundamental project constraints: cost time scope quality benefits and risk. Each chapter offers discussion points possible assignments and guided further reading. </p><p>This is an essential textbook both for all project management courses within translation studies programmes and for professional translators and translation service providers.</p><p>Additional resources are available on the <a href=http://routledgetranslationstudiesportal.com/>Routledge Translation Studies Portal</a>.</p>