Method in Translator History
A Plea for Reflexive Empiricism
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher Taylor & Francis
- Date of Publication 28 August 2026
- ISBN 9781041239161
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages194 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
Method in Translator History is a reworked classic explaining reflexive empiricism and critically assessing recent developments. New chapters cover technology, big data, translation flows, and translator agency. A toolbox approach provides clear answers with global examples. Suitable for researchers, students, and professional
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Method in Translator History is a complete reworking of the much-cited classic text Method in Translation History. It explains the basics of reflexive empiricism and offers a highly critical assessment of recent developments in the area. New chapters address current issues in the history of technologies, the risks of big data, types of translation flows, network analysis, translation policies, institutions, trust relationships, and the translator's historical agency.
A toolbox approach breaks issues down into commonsense questions, to which short, clear answers are provided. Examples are drawn from European and Asian cultures, as well as Australian Indigenous translation practices. Features include clear definitions of key terms, both in the initial glossary and throughout; an accessible academic style able to explain, and at the same time provoke, an overall structure that follows the research process, dealing with the selection of questions, data gathering, modes of analysis, considerations of how to present the completed research, and who is likely to listen to history; lists of questions that the historian could or should ask at each stage; examples of common traps to be avoided and examples of methodological mistakes made in previous research.
This text is suitable for translation studies researchers, graduate students, educators, professional translators, cultural historians, and digital humanities scholars seeking methodological guidance for historical research on translation practices.
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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Preface
- What is Translator History?
- Why Do Translator History?
- What Do Technologies Do?
- What Do Translators Do?
- What Price Big Data?
- What Are Translation Flows?
- What Happens in Translator Networks?
- How Do Translators Differ?
- How Complex Is Translator History?
- Who Trusts Translators?
- What are Translation Policies and Institutions?
- Do Translators Alter Cultures?
Postscript: Who Should We Talk With?
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