Translation and practice theory
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Translation and practice theory
（Translation theories explored）
Routledge, 2021
- : hbk
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Summary: "Translation and Practice Theory is a timely and theoretically innovative study linking professional practice and translation theory, showing the usefulness of a practice-theoretical approach in addressing some of the challenges that the professional world of translation is currently facing, including, for example, the increasing deployment of machine translation. Focusing on the key aspects of translation practices, Olohan provides the reader with an in-depth understanding of how those practices are performed, as translators interact with people, technologies and other material resources in the translation workplace. The practice-theoretical perspective helps to describe and explain the socio-material complexities of present-day translation practice but also offers a productive approach for studies of translation and interpreting practices in other settings and periods. ..."
Bibliography: p. [131]-150
Includes index