TY - BOOK ID - 17292449 TI - Why translation studies matters AU - Gile, Daniel AU - Hansen, Gyde AU - Pokorn, Nike K PY - 2010 VL - 88 6 SN - 9789027224347 902722434X 9789027288646 9786612558771 902728864X 1282558773 9781282558779 PB - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Philadelphia, PA John Benjamins Pub. Co. DB - UniCat KW - Translating and interpreting KW - Study and teaching KW - Vertaalkunde. KW - Vertaalwetenschap. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Translation science KW - #KVHA:Vertaalwetenschap KW - #KVHA:Tolken KW - #KVHA:Vertalen KW - Interpretation and translation KW - Interpreting and translating KW - Language and languages KW - Literature KW - Translation and interpretation KW - Translators KW - Translating KW - Language and languages. KW - Foreign languages KW - Languages KW - Anthropology KW - Communication KW - Ethnology KW - Information theory KW - Meaning (Psychology) KW - Philology KW - Linguistics KW - Translating and interpreting - Study and teaching KW - Traduction KW - Étude et enseignement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17292449 AB - Translation Studies is challenged by Translation practitioners because of its alleged irrelevance and ineffectiveness. While it is difficult to quantify its 'scientific' contribution, it offers a non-negligible amount of research into relevant topics and has definitely influenced Translator training. Moreover, as an academic activity, it offers a social contribution to the Translators' community by helping it raise its status and by facilitating the exchange of experience and information, all of this at a low cost for society. ER -