Gebundenes Buch

Translating and Interpreting in Korean Contexts

Engaging with Asian and Western Others

Herausgeber: Kang, Ji-Hae; Wakabayashi, Judy

Beschreibung

This volume explores how Koreans have engaged with other Asians and Westerners over time and in a range of contexts through the linguistic and cultural mediation of translators and interpreters.

Autor

Ji-Hae KANG is Professor of Translation Studies in the Department of English Language and Literature and Director of Ajou Center for Translation and Interpreting Studies (ACTIS) at Ajou University, South Korea. Her research focuses on translation and interpreting in institutional settings; issues of power, identity, and discourse in transnational exchanges; and the interplay between translation and digital culture. She is the author of Thongyekuy Ihay [Understanding Interpreting] (2004) and guest-editor of the special issue on "Translation in Institutions" for Perspectives (2014). Her articles have appeared in a wide range of peer-reviewed journals, including Target, The Translator, Meta, Perspectives, and The Korean Association of Translation Studies (KATS) Journal. Judy WAKABAYASHI teaches Japanese-English translation and translation history at Kent State University in Ohio. Her current research mainly focuses on the history of translation in Japan but also in other parts of East Asia and beyond, with a particular interest in the methodology of translation historiography. She is coeditor of Asian Translation Traditions (2005), Decentering Translation Studies: India and Beyond (2009), and Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context (2012), and the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on translation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781138589513
• ISBN-10: 1138589519
• Artikelnr.: 56369969