Myths and misconceptions in translation teaching

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editor’s foreword vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Theory and teaching
6. Translation’s representations 3
7. Translation 19
8. Myths and misconceptions in translation teaching 31
9. Training and assessment
10. Induction into the translation profession 47
11. Task-based translator training, quality assessment, and the WWW 59
12. Interpreting training programmes 65
13. Training and educating the trainers 73
14. Can short interpreter training be effective? 83
15. Lexical repetition in professional and trainees’ translation 99
16. Evaluation in interpretation 115
17. Literature and culture in translation studies
18. Teaching literary translation 129
19. Translation and literary history 139
20. A teaching methodology with examples of the kinds of cultural recognition needed for translators and interpreters in Hong Kong 145
21. Translation & interpreting
22. Community interpreting 157
23. Interpreter training 177
24. Translation onscreen 189
25. Making multilingualism work in South Africa 197
26. Translation in China and the call of the 21st century 211
27. Works cited 221
28. Index 235