Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
About the Book Series
This series is our home for innovative research in the field of translation studies. It includes monographs and targeted edited collections that provide new insights into this important and evolving subject area.
Translation, Affect, and Censorship: The Production, Circulation, and Reception of Transgressive Novels in Late Francoism
1st Edition
By Sofía Monzón Rodríguez
March 18, 2027
Drawing on extensive archival research and a corpus of transnational literary translations, this book examines the interplay of affect, censorship, and literary translation during late Francoism in Spain. The volume moves the focus beyond traditional studies of the literary landscape amidst ...
Public Service Interpreter’s Identity Management and Identity Crisis: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach
1st Edition
By Xiaohui Yuan
March 17, 2027
This book offers the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical study of public service interpreting as fundamental identity work. It develops the Symbolic Interactionist Model of Interpreter’s Identity Management, situating interpreters’ agency, ethical decision-making and professional practice...
Literary Translation in Peripheral Contexts: How Foreignness Enters the World
1st Edition
By Hunam Yun
December 28, 2026
Yun explores how foreign elements from peripheral cultures navigate translation landscapes dominated by fluency-focused approaches and examines diverse translation strategies, ranging from conventional fluency methods to counter-normative and cultural translation techniques, demonstrating how ...
Translation, Exile and Human Rights: Alicia Partnoy and the Politics of Feminist Solidarity
1st Edition
By María Laura Spoturno
December 28, 2026
This book explores translational activism as intertwined with the experience of exile and human rights advocacy, shining light on the Argentinian poet and activist Alicia Partnoy and her use of translation toward social justice. Spoturno builds on the notion of translation as foundational to ...
Ethics of Generative AI in Translation: Literacy, Guidelines, and Implementation
1st Edition
By Yuezeng Niu, Ali Jalalian Daghigh
December 14, 2026
Advancing research on the ethics of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in translation, this book moves the discussion beyond abstract ethical concerns, towards empirical inquiry and evidence-based recommendations that inform future research and practice. Drawing on three empirical studies ...
Alternative Translation: Children’s Literature, Comics and Digital Media
1st Edition
By Michał Borodo, Dominic Cheetham, Paula Martínez Sirés
December 11, 2026
Focusing on children’s literature, comics, and digital media, this book explores alternative forms of translation, which differ from the more traditional approaches and practices in these fields and from the predominant conceptualizations of translation. Alternative translation has been selected as...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Murakami Haruki’s Translators: Towards a Translator-Centred Model of Literary Circulation
1st Edition
Edited
By Motoko Akashi, Cristina Barroso, Andrea Bergantino, James Luke Hadley
December 11, 2026
This volume shifts attention from the global reception of world-famous author, MURAKAMI Haruki’s works, to the translators whose labour enables its circulation. Moving beyond established discussions of literary style, market success, and readership, the book foregrounds the often-overlooked role of...
Translating Children’s Literature into Arabic: Narratives and Frames in Kāmil Kīlānī’s Children’s Library
1st Edition
By Amal Abdul-Aziz Ayoub, Ahmed Saleh Elimam
November 30, 2026
This book offers an in-depth exploration of the development of the translation of children’s literature into Arabic, providing unique insights into the prominent role of Kāmīl Kīlānī in shaping its history as well as for the translation of children’s literature more broadly. The volume surveys ...
Ruins as Translation Sites: Sensing Portions of Past Futures
1st Edition
By Mª Carmen África Vidal Claramonte
November 11, 2026
Expanding on the growing body of work that approaches translation beyond language from an interdisciplinary perspective, this innovative book explores ruins as sites of translation. In Ruins as Translation Sites: Sensing Portions of Past Futures, Mª Carmen África Vidal Claramonte examines ruins as ...
Translation and Philosophy: Truth, Scepticism, Choices
1st Edition
By Mariana Dimópulos
November 10, 2026
Translation and Philosophy offers a comprehensive treatment of the philosophy of translation and its concern with the problem of truth across the work of nine authors. The volume is grounded in the idea of the philosophy of translation as the philosophical discourse about translation written within...
Humanising Critical Journalistic Translation Studies: Insights from the Chinese Context
1st Edition
By Ali Jalalian Daghigh, Pei Soo Ang
October 16, 2026
Ali Jalalian Daghigh and Pei Soo Ang’s book provides new insights into the relationships between translation, journalism, ideology, and power via a humanising approach. Carving out a niche within Journalistic Translation Studies, the book introduces and expands on Critical Journalistic Translation ...
Lawyering Across Languages: The Dynamics of Lawyer Interpreter Collaboration in Legal Interviews
1st Edition
By Han Xu
October 13, 2026
This book offers a holistic view of the complex dynamics of interpreter-facilitated legal interviews, elucidating insights into challenges and opportunities for effective communication in legal settings in today’s multilingual world. The volume sheds light on an underexplored area of research at ...