What's Special about Specialised Translation?: Essays in Honour of Federica Scarpa

ISBN-13: 9783034346306 / Angielski

Maurizio Gotti;Giuseppe Palumbo;Katia Peruzzo

Opis

This edited volume, contributed to by scholars and professionals, honours Federica Scarpa, a leading figure in specialised translation research who has combined insights from various approaches (functional, cultural and profession-related). Her studies include discoursal and pragmatic dimensions and discuss context-based quality criteria.

Spis treści

Federica Scarpa's research on specialised translation - "Unfaithful to the translation" (Borges) - Specialised translator wanted - Using corpora in specialised translation education - Connecting the dots in specialised translator training - The legal translation profession - The legal translator and Directive 2010/ 64/ EU - On the (un)translatability of legal texts - Using technology to investigate thematic competence in specialised translation - Triage and technology in healthcare translation

O autorze

Giuseppe Palumbo teaches and researches English language and translation at the University of Trieste, Italy. His areas of interest include translation technology, terminology, lexicography and corpus-based analyses of English.

Katia Peruzzo researches and teaches English language and translation at the University of Trieste, Italy. Her research interests are in corpus linguistics and terminology, with her publications mainly focusing on legal translation, English and Italian legal terminology, knowledge mediation and popularization.

Gianluca Pontrandolfo teaches and researches Spanish language and translation at the University of Trieste, Italy. His areas of interest include legal linguistics and translation, corpus-based analyses of specialised genres, corpus-assisted (critical) discourse analysis.