Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Section I. Revisiting the foundations of asymmetry
6. Chapter 1. Translating strangers 15
7. Chapter 2. Negotiating asymmetry 35
8. Chapter 3. Helpers, professional authority, and pathologized bodies 55
9. Chapter 4. An information asymmetry framework for strategic translation policy in multinational corporations 77
10. Chapter 5. Tom, Dick and Harry as well as Fido and Puss in boots are translators 101
11. Section II. Unveiling the structure
12. Chapter 6. Child language brokering in Swedish welfare institutions 125
13. Chapter 7. Responsibility, powerlessness, and conflict 145
14. Chapter 8. Of places, spaces, and faces 169
15. Chapter 9. Translating values 197
16. Chapter 10. EU institutional websites 227
17. Section III. Resisting asymmetries
18. Chapter 11. Translation, multilingualism and power differential in contemporary African literature 255
19. Chapter 12. Small yet powerful 269
20. Chapter 13. Against the asymmetry of the post-Francoist canon 291
21. Chapter 14. Citizens as agents of translation versions 313
22. Chapter 15. (Re)locating translation within asymmetrical power dynamics 335
23. Chapter 16. Agency and social responsibility in the translation of the migration crisis 361
24. Index 379