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.
Ruins as Translation Sites: Sensing Portions of Past Futures
1st Edition
By Mª Carmen África Vidal Claramonte
December 14, 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, Vidal examines ruins as portions of past ...
Translation, Exile and Human Rights: Alicia Partnoy and the Politics of Feminist Solidarity
1st Edition
By María Laura Spoturno
December 14, 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 ...
Alternative Translation: Children’s Literature, Comics and Digital Media
1st Edition
By Michał Borodo, Dominic Cheetham, Paula Martínez Sirés
November 30, 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...
Literary Translation in Peripheral Contexts: How Foreignness Enters the World
1st Edition
By Hunam Yun
November 30, 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 ...
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 ...
Translation and Philosophy: Truth, Scepticism, Choices
1st Edition
By Mariana Dimópulos
November 10, 2026
This book 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 the European and...
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 ...
The World Within Reach: Translation in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1550–1700
1st Edition
By Theo Hermans
September 17, 2026
This book traces the history of translation in the Early Modern Low Countries (roughly the modern-day Netherlands and Belgium), from around 1550 to around 1700. It focuses on the various roles played by translation in different contexts. In the latter half of the sixteenth century translation ...
Exploring Translation (Un)Awareness: Recognizing the Role of Translation in Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Tanya Escudero, Päivi Sinikka Kuusi, Tuija Talvikki Kinnunen
September 10, 2026
This collection proposes the notion of “translation awareness,” bringing together insights from different sectors to lend greater awareness to the nature, role, and effects of translation in contemporary societal life. The book sets out translation awareness as a unifying term around recognition by...
A New Materialist Theory of Translation: Negotiating More-than-Human Co-Existence
1st Edition
By Matt Valler
September 07, 2026
This book proposes a New Materialist theory of translation, redefining translation as a negotiation of agency to address the urgent challenges of co-existence in the Anthropocene. In the face of increased migration, runaway climate change, and accelerating AI it takes an innovative ...
Translation in the Performing Arts: Embodiment, Materiality, and Inclusion
1st Edition
Edited
By Enza De Francisci, Cristina Marinetti
July 20, 2026
This innovative collection showcases the interconnectedness of translation and the performing arts, drawing on examples spanning languages, eras, and modes of performance to argue for the importance of re-envisioning translation beyond writing. Featuring contributions from established and emerging ...
Translation, Pornography, Performativity: Experimenting with That Dangerous Supplement
1st Edition
By Douglas Robinson, Xiaorui Sun
July 20, 2026
Robinson and Sun’s book goes in search of the neglected metaphorics of translation in pornography using poststructuralist rethinkings and reframings of porn (and masturbation) from Jacques Derrida to Judith Butler. In his 1684 “Essay on Translated Verse,” the Earl of Roscommon attacked “want of ...