This book introduces students, researchers and practitioners to the fast developing discipline of Interpreting Studies.

15 internationale Beiträge beleuchten die russische Kultur zwischen Tradition und Globalisierung in Eigen- und Fremdwahrnehmung sowie deren Vermittlung in der Übersetzer- und Dolmetscherausbildung in Deutschland, Russland und den USA. Diskutiert werden Differenzen im Kulturbegriff und ihre Folgen, das Verhältnis von Geschichtsbild und Mentalität, die russische Seele als Werbeslogan, kulturelle Konstanten

Chart the development of feminist approaches and theories of interpretation during the period when women first joined the ranks of biblical scholars This collection of essays on feminist biblical studies in the twentieth century seeks to explore four areas of inquiry demanding further investigation. In the first section, articles chart

Studying the nature of translation theory and offering the reasons for success or failure of translation - this book is for anyone with an academic or professional interest in translation. It presents a new approach - combining a complex model of reality and a biocybernetic computeraided methodology for the study

A selection of 44 papers out of the 163 presented at the Translation Studies Congress, which was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Institut für Dolmetscher und Übersetzer Ausbildung in Vienna, shows how translation studies is moving away from purely linguistic analysis into LSP, psychology, cognition, and