Hook David, Iglesias-Rogers Graciela. Translations In Times Of Disruption

An Interdisciplinary Study in Transnational Contexts. — Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 315 p. — (Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting).This book throws light on the relevance and role played by translations and translators at times of serious discontinuity throughout history. Topics explored by scholars from different continents and disciplines include war, disintegration of transnational polities, health disasters and revolutions – be they political, social, cultural and/or technological. Surprisingly little is known, for example, about the role that translated constitutions had in instigating and in shaping political crises at both local and global levels, and how these events had an effect on translations themselves; that translations of medical texts could serve as instruments for either building or undermining empires; and even the extent to which interpreters could ease or hamper negotiations and serve to foster new national identities. This book addresses all these issues, among others, through twelve chapters focused not just on texts, but also on instances of verbal and non-verbal communications in a range of languages from around the world. This interdisciplinary work will engage scholars working in fields such as Translation Studies, History, Modern Languages, English, Law, Politics and Social Studies.