
Translation in Global News
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-415-40972-8 (ISBN)
Description
The mass media are of paramount importance in the formulation and transmission of messages about key developments of global significance, such as terrorism and the war in Iraq, yet the key mediating role of translation in the reception of speeches and addresses of figures like Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein has remained largely invisible.
Incorporating the results of extensive fieldwork in key global news organizations such as Reuters, Agence France Press and Inter Press Service, this book addresses central issues relating to the new pressures on translation arising from globalization, analyzing new texts from major news agencies as well as alternative media organizations. Co-written by Susan Bassnett, a leading figure in the field of translation studies, this book presents close readings of different English versions of key Arabic texts circulated in Western media to demonstrate the ways in which a cultural and religious 'Other' is framed in different media.
Incorporating the results of extensive fieldwork in key global news organizations such as Reuters, Agence France Press and Inter Press Service, this book addresses central issues relating to the new pressures on translation arising from globalization, analyzing new texts from major news agencies as well as alternative media organizations. Co-written by Susan Bassnett, a leading figure in the field of translation studies, this book presents close readings of different English versions of key Arabic texts circulated in Western media to demonstrate the ways in which a cultural and religious 'Other' is framed in different media.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 s/w Tabellen
10 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
269 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-40972-8 (9780415409728)
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Persons
Esperanca Bielsa, Susan Bassnett
Content
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Power, language and translation, 2. Globalization and translation, 3. Globalization and news: the role of the news agencies in historical perspective, 4. Translation in global news agencies, 5. Journalism and translation: practices, strategies and values in the news agencies, 6. Reading translated news: an analysis of agency texts, 7. Translation and trust, Appendix: the languages of global news, Notes, Bibliography, Index