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Translation and Social Media

In Theory, in Training and in Professional Practice

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Renée Desjardins

    1. School of Translation, University of Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada

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  • Employs descriptive perspectives and sociological perspectives as the main frameworks, including DTS qualitative analyses, translation flow analysis, social media monitoring, and actor-network theory
  • Uses both empirical and qualitative data from specific case study examples from the private, public and institutional sectors
  • Considers how translation programmes can integrate Social Media literacy and competency within the translation curriculum

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting (PTTI)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 1-11

  3. Online Social Media (OSM) and Translation

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 13-33

  4. Translation and Social Media: In Theory

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 35-66

  5. Translation and Social Media: In Training

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 67-93

  6. Translation and Social Media: In Professional Practice

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 95-120

  7. Conclusion

    • Renée Desjardins
    Pages 121-124

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 125-145
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About this book

Offering a discussion of translation and social media through three themes, theory, training and professional practice, this book builds on emerging research in Translation Studies, including references citing recent translation and social media industry data. Topics include the translation of hashtags and the relevance of indexing, among others.

Reviews

“The present volume fills the research gap of translation studies by providing its readers with interdisciplinary theoretical groundwork and refreshing examples from real-life interlingual communications online. ... as the book is intended to reach a wide array of readers from students who are interested in this field to professional translators and educators, it has given a lengthy introduction to the background knowledges of terminologies and some general ecologies of Web 2.0.” (Zhang Xiaoyu, Babel, Vol. 65 (3), 2019)

“This book is a good guide to understand how translation is being reshaped as a result of the evolution of social media. Newcomers, translation students and researchers who are not familiar with the area will be able to use it as a map to understand the ramifications of the issues being discussed. Experts in the area will also find thought-provoking pieces of information and advice.” (David Orrego-Carmona, The Journal of Specialised Translation, Issue 29, January, 2018)

“I would recommend this volume to anyone interested in contemporary digital culture. To those well-versed in Translation Studies research areas, familiar concepts such as crowdsourcing and collaborative translation are presented sufficiently succinctly so as not to detract from the overall purpose of the book.” (Vedrana Čemerin, New Voices in Translation Studies, Vol. 19, 2018)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Translation, University of Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada

    Renée Desjardins

About the author

Renée Desjardins is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saint-Boniface, Canada. Her areas of research include Translation Studies, Canadian Studies, Social Media and Food Studies. She has over ten years of professional translation experience, has worked in social media teams and has taught translation at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

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