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Identity and status in the translational professions /

This volume contributes to the emerging research on the social formation of translators and interpreters as specific occupational groups. Despite the rising academic interest in sociological perspectives in Translation Studies, relatively little research has so far been devoted to translators'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet, 1954-, Shlesinger, Miriam, 1947-2012
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, Ã2011.
Colección:Benjamins current topics ; v. 32.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Identity and Status in the Translational Professions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Legal and translational occupations in Spain; Effectiveness of translator certification as a signaling device; Conference interpreting; Occupation or profession; Attitudes to role, status and professional identity in interpreters and translators with Chinese in Shanghai and Taipei; Conference interpreters and their self-representation; Habitus and self-image of native literary author-translators in diglossic societies; The people behind the words.
  • Revised translations, revised identitiesConference interpreters and their perception of culture; Images of the court interpreter; A professional ideology in the making; "Boundary work" as a concept for studying professionalization processes in the interpreting field; The task of the interpreter in the struggle of the other for empowerment; Index.