'Translation and Globalization' - translated into Japanese

Professor Michael Cronin's book, 'Translation and Globalization', has just been translated into Japanese and published by the Osaka Kyoiku Toshu publishing house in Japan. The book is a critical exploration of the ways in which radical changes to the world economy have affected contemporary language practice. The Internet, new technology, machine translation and the emergence of a worldwide, multi-million dollar translation industry have dramatically altered the complex relationship between translators, language and power. Read more...