Looks at the important role translation studies plays in exploring how words, sounds and images are translated and reinterpreted in various socio-cultural contexts. Using case studies drawn from a range of different countries and languages, this book presents a comprehensive examination of different areas of research within translation studies.

This collection of essays includes a variety of approaches to different interpretations of space . Some deal with aspects of (post)colonialism, mapping, and identity formation, while others grapple with the positionality of in between as well as with issues of multiculturalism and intertextuality. The spaces of art, beliefs and institutions are examined, as are the intellectual and artistic activities involved in articulating and defining space. It is a book of tendencies, which gives some indication of the new work being done in South Africa as well as in the broader global context, and...