Community translation /

Taibi, Mustapha,

Community translation / Mustapha Taibi and Uldis Ozolins. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016. - 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Bloomsbury advances in translation . - Bloomsbury advances in translation. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and indexes

Community translation: definitions, characteristics and status quo -- Sociocultural issues in community translation -- Approaches to (community) translation -- Translating official documents -- Translating for temporary communities -- Quality assurance and translation assessment -- Translation revision -- Community translation resources -- Concluding remarks.

Community Translation discusses the diffent types of texts produced by public authorities, services and individuals for communities that need to be translated into minority languages, and the socio-cultural issues that surround them. In this way, this book demonstrates the vital role that community translation plays in ensuring communication with all citizens and in the empowerment of minority language specakers by giving them access to information, enabling them to participate fully in society. [Provided by the publisher]

9781474221641


Translating and interpreting.
Communities.

P 306 / .T266 2016