The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices
Author | : Sara Laviosa |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190067205 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190067209 |
Rating | : 4/5 (209 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices written by Sara Laviosa and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices draws on a wide array of case studies from all over the world to demonstrate the value of different forms of translation - written, oral, audiovisual - as social practices that are essential to achieve sustainability, accessibility, inclusion, multiculturalism, and multilingualism. Edited by Meng Ji and Sara Laviosa, this timely collection illustrates the interactions between translation studies and thesocial and natural sciences, reformulating the scope of this discipline as a socially-oriented, empirical, and ethical research field in the 21st century.