[ecrea] International Journal of Communication - new Special Section on Translations

The International Journal of Communication has published a new Special
Section on Translations.

Translations have historically played a central role in the dissemination of
and access to knowledge, culture, arts, and sciences across national and
cultural borders. While globalization processes have generated an
international milieu where English is increasingly the lingua franca of
communication in popular culture and academic conversations alike, distances
and differences among cultures still remain, and translations retain a key
presence and function in international communication flows.

Babel and Globalization: Translating in the 21st Century, guest-edited by
Paolo Sigismondi, University of Southern California, is the latest Special
Section of IJoC. It breaks new ground — delving into the craft and the
challenges of translating and the evolving role of the translator in the
21st-century international communication landscape shaped by the evolution
of digital technologies within the unfolding phenomena of globalization.
Whereas economic and technological forces appear to bring about an
increasing invisibility of translators, this collection of work focuses
instead on the centrality of their role as essential connectors in a
multicultural and multilayered global landscape.

The interdisciplinary approach of this publication has drawn 14
contributions — 12 original articles, a book review, and the editorial
introduction — from international scholars at the intersection of diverse
fields of academic inquiry, in particular, communication and translation
studies. This Special Section aims to provoke new thinking and perspectives
on translations while bridging existing distances among diverse theoretical
standpoints and academic backgrounds.

The Special Section includes the following articles:

Babel and Globalization: Translating in the 21st Century — Introduction
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5233/1568
Paolo Sigismondi

Communication Studies Without Frontiers? Translation and Cosmopolitanism
Across Academic Cultures
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3483/1569
Silvio Waisbord

Rapid and Radical Changes in Translation and Translation Studies
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3824/1570
Yves Gambier

Translation’s Histories and Digital Futures
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3508/1571
Karin Littau

Massively Open Translation: Unpacking the Relationship Between Technology
and Translation in the 21st Century
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3507/1572
Minako O'Hagan

The Impact of Translation Technologies on the Process and Product of
Translation
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3499/1573
Stephen Doherty

Translators as Adaptive Experts in a Flat World: From Globalization 1.0 to
Globalization 4.0?
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3504/1574
Vanessa Enriquez Raido

“The Task of the Translator�: Comparing the Views of the Client and the
Translator
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3504/1574
Hanna Risku, Christina Pein-Weber, Jelena Milosevic

The Challenges and Opportunities of Legal Translation and Translator
Training in the 21st Century
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3580/1576
Catherine Way

Cultural Translators of Communication Studies in Greater China
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/4534/1577
Jack Linchuan Qiu

Synchronization Techniques in Multilingual Fiction: Voiced-Over Films in
Poland
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3559/1578
Katarzyna Sepielak

The Stimulating Challenges of Translating Contemporary German Swiss Poetry
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3505/1579
Lucia Salvato

Perils of Translation in a Conflict Situation: Lessons from Kashmir
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3486/1580
Rashmi Luthra

Book Review| Tytti Suojanen, Kaisa Koskinen & Tiina Tuominen, User-Centered
Translation (Translation Practices Explained)
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/4230/1581
Nike K. Pokorn

We invite you to read this Special Section that published February 8, 2016
at http://ijoc.org.

Larry Gross
Editor

Arlene Luck
Managing Editor

Paolo Sigismondi
Special Section Editor
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International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
USC Annenberg Press
University of Southern California
http://ijoc.org/



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