Translator and Interpreter Training - Issues, Methods and Debates (Paperback)

This is an in-depth study by a number of international contributors on the issues surrounding the increasing professionalization of the language-media sector, and its demands for ever more highly trained employees with broader skills repertoires.As a research area, education in the fields of translation and interpreting has received growing attention in recent years, with the increasing professionalization of the language-mediation sector demanding ever more highly trained employees with broader repertoires. This trend is evidenced in the present collection, which addresses issues in pedagogy in a variety of translation and interpreting domains. A global range of contributors discuss teaching, evaluation, professionalization and competence as they apply to a range of educational and linguistic situations."Translator and Interpreter Training: Issues, Methods and Debates" presents an in-depth consideration of the issues involved in this area of translation and interpreting studies, and will be of interest to all students and academics working and researching in the field.Published in association with the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS), "Continuum Studies in Translation" aims to present a series of books focused around central issues in translation and interpreting. Using case studies drawn from a wide range of different countries and languages, each book presents a comprehensive examination of current areas of research within translation studies written by academics at the forefront of the field. The thought-provoking books in this series are aimed at advanced students and researchers of translation studies.

General

Imprint:	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Continuum Studies in Translation
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	July 2008
Editors:	John Kearns
Dimensions:	233 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	223
ISBN-13:	978-0-8264-9806-9
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General
LSN:	0-8264-9806-X
Barcode:	9780826498069

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