What Is Translation Studies?

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Translation Studies: It’s general name for translation and interpreting department. The term ‘translation studies’ was coined by the Amsterdam-based American scholar James S. Holmes in his paper  ‘’The name and nature of translation studies’’. This term is considered a foundational statement for the discipline which began in the second half of twentieth century as an academic subject.

Specialized Translating and Interpreting Programmes: They are at both undergraduate and postgraduate level to train future professional translators and interpreters. In UK, postgraduate programmes in translating and interpreting are set up in the 1960’s. From then to 2010, over twenty institutions offering a combined total ol 143 Master of Arts programmes. When it comes to literary translation, first translation centre was set up in West Germany in 1978.

Conferences,Books and Journals: There are lots of longer-standing international translation studies journals from numerous countries from Brazil and Canada to Belgium and Hong Kong. This shows the universality of Translation Studies. There are aslo various publications dedicated to the practice of translation and some of which are available on the internet.

General and Analytical Instruments: These instruments are anthologies, databases, encyclopedias, handbooks and introductory text. Their main subject is translation. They include lots of information about concepts and theories of translation studies.

International Organizations: There are many organizations for translation studies, first of which was established in 1953. There organizations played a noteworthy role in making translation studies one of the most active and dynamic new areas of research.