Applications of Relevance Theory to Translation and Interpreting

Introduction

FABIO ALVES AND FABRIZIO GALLAI

PART 1: Relevance theory-informed translation studies

1 An overarching account of relevance-theoretic applications to the study of translation and interpreting

FABRIZIO GALLAI AND FABIO ALVES

2 Representation and resemblance in translation: Scrutinising interpretive language use in relevance theory

MICHAEL CARL

3 Cognitive theories and translator's competence: The mapping view vs the deflationary view in metaphor translation

AGNIESZKA PISKORSKA

4 From describing state of affairs to interpreting attributed thoughts: A relevant-theoretic interpretation of brainimaging data

KARINA SARTO SZPAK, FABIO ALVES, NATHALIA BIACHINI ESPER, AND AUGUSTO BUCHWEITZ

PART 2: From theory to practice: Translation and relevance theory

5 Implicit meaning in literary translation from a process-oriented perspective: Authorial intention and the relevance-theoretic comprehension heuristic under scrutiny

FABIO ALVES

6 Ostension and propaganda during the Cold War: A methodological junction between polysystem and relevance theory

CATALINA ILIESCU-GHEORGHIU

7 A relevance-theoretic approach to the translation of culture-loaded expressions in Red Sorghum

LI XIN AND ZHANG CAIYAN

8 "I visited Rome and Paris, among others": Ad-hoc categorisation in Relevance Theory and translation practice

DANIEL J. SAX

9 Translating the ineffable in art: The case of the Parthenon Sculptures

CHARA VLACHAKI

PART 3: From theory to practice: Interpreting and relevance theory

10 Optimising non-native-speaker source texts: A qualitative Relevance Theory-based account of interpreters' renditions

MICHAELA ALBL-MIKASA

11 Cognitive processes in dialogue interpreting: On the interpreter's monitoring at the local and global levels of discourse

ANNE DELIZEE

12 Assessing quality in asylum interpreting: A relevance-theoretic perspective

FABRIZIO GALLAI

13 Relevance and artificial communication: A relevance-theoretic perspective on machine interpreting

ROBIN SETTON

14 Relevance Theory and interactional pragmatics in virtual courts: A study of the English-Mandarin interpretation of the manner of speech by professional interpreters in remote settings

RAN YI