Teaching Translation

Translation has become a recognized academic discipline worldwide over the last fifty years, and more universities now run programs training translators, interpreters and the people who teach them. This collection surveys how translation is taught today, drawing on a range of leading scholars and grounding its approach in theory. Lawrence Venuti opens the volume with an introduction that treats translation as a humanistic undertaking: an act of interpretation that changes the form, meaning and effect of the original text.

The 26 chapters fall into four sections: certificate and degree programs; the teaching of translation practice; the study of translation theory, history and practice; and reviews of teaching methods and widely used textbooks. Several chapters describe established courses and programs in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Spain, and each presents a model that other institutions could copy or adapt.

Each contributor addresses the basic questions behind any translation course, such as how translation is defined, what background students need for admission, and how the host institution shapes a course and its teaching. The book is aimed at anyone who works in or teaches translation and translation studies.