Product Description: The rapid advances in information technology has elevated the role of computer (-aided) translation in translation studies and practice in recent decades. This has resulted in numerous research and publications on the topic, and thus indicates the growing interest in computer (-aided) translation...read more

This dictionary is for individuals interested in translation as an academic discipline, a language activity, a specialized profession, or a business undertaking. It explains theory and practice of translation and interpretation and important concepts in computer translation, computer-aided translation, and translation tools.

Product Description: The last millennium saw rapid change, spreading globalization, and shifting populations. These have posed moral, ethical, and social dilemmas that have challenged the very foundations of our beliefs and radically changed our way of life...read more

Product Description: Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city where international communication is a fact of everyday life. Translation has thus always been essential in bridging the social and cultural gap between Chinese and Western civilizations. "Translation in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future" assesses the role played by this academic discipline at different historical periods and articulates the issues that confront its future development...read more

Product Description: The compilation of this encyclopaedia was prompted by the growth of translation as an academic subject in Hong Kong, this busy entrepot city where the transfer between the Chinese and English languages spans all aspects of life. At the same time translation has been attracting increasing attention universally among students of the humanities for its historical role in introducing and relating one culture to another, and its ways and means of coping with the seemingly impossible task of accurately reflecting one "thought-world" in terms of another...read more