The sociology of translation: outline of an emerging field

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2010.2.8
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Sociology of translation, Sociology of culture, Literary translation, News translation

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Esperança Bielsa Mialet

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This article explores the emerging field of the sociology of translation, focusing especially on two key areas: literary translation and news translation. While literary translation is a major area in translation studies, news translation has until recently received relatively little attention. It is argued that a sociological input to the study of both literary and news translation reveals not only important aspects of the social context in which translation occurs and contributes to a renewed understanding of the field, but also makes translation studies relevant to other disciplines, in particular sociology and globalisation research.

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Bielsa Mialet, E. (2014). The sociology of translation: outline of an emerging field. MonTI. Monographs in Translation and Interpreting, (2), 153–172. https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2010.2.8
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No. 2 (2010): Applied Sociology in Translation Studies/Sociologia Aplicada a la Traducció
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