Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Translation Studies across the Boundaries: 12 (Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures)

This book presents a wide range of topics and approaches in the nowadays Translation Studies, which includes popular, trendy issues as well as niche subjects that are rarely taken up in research. The chapters can be grouped into four thematic divisions that capture some major interests of translation scholars. They discuss the nature of the discipline as such and its dimensions, its development and tendencies in some countries, the process of translation from the perspective of translation practice as well as culture-specific elements in translation. About the Author Lucyna Harmon is Professor at the Institute of English Studies and Head of the Department of Translation Theory, University of Rzeszów, Poland. Her expertise includes general and literary translation, general and comparative linguistics, and intercultural communication. Dorota Osuchowska is Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Rzeszów, Poland, where she lectures in academic writing, applied linguistics, and lexicography.