Routledge The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City (Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies)

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City is the first multifaceted and cross-disciplinary overview of how cities can be read through the lens of translation and how translation studies can be enriched by an understanding of the complex dynamics of the city. Divided into four sections, the chapters are authored by leading scholars in translation studies, sociolinguistics, and literary and cultural criticism. They cover contexts from Brussels to Singapore and Melbourne to Cairo and topics from translation as resistance to translanguaging and urban design. This volume explores the role of translation at critical junctures of a city’s historical transformation as well as in the mundane intercultural moments of urban life, and uncovers the trope of the translational city in writing. This Handbook is critical reading for researchers, scholars and advanced students in translation studies, linguistics and urban studies. Review 'The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City offers an impressive range of methodological perspectives and case studies on the relationship between translation and urban spaces. This truly transnational and transdisciplinary collection gives the reader multiple keys to unlock the superdiverse linguistic reality of life in today’s cities. Loredana Polezzi, Stony Brook University, USA About the Author Tong King Lee is Associate Professor of Translation at the University of Hong Kong.