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Translation and Society: An Introduction
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Translation and Society: An Introduction

This essential new textbook guides readers through the social aspects and sociologically informed approaches to the study of translation.
Sergey Tyulenev surveys implicitly and explicitly sociological approaches to the study of translation, drawing on the most important and influential works both within translation studies and in sociology, as well as recent developments in the field. In addition to the theoretical grounding provided, the book explains in detail the methodology of studying translation from a sociological point of view.
 
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Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education: Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality
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Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education: Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality

With the impact of accelerated globalization, digital technologies, mobility, and migration, the fields of Applied Linguistics, Language, and Intercultural Education have been shifting. One shift in need of further exploration is that of systematic and coherent reflexivity in researching language and culture.
 
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Revising and Editing for Translators, 3 edition (Translation Practices Explained)
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Revising and Editing for Translators, 3 edition (Translation Practices Explained)

Revising and Editing for Translators provides guidance and learning materials for translation  students learning to edit texts written by others, and professional translators wishing to improve  their self-revision ability or learning to revise the work of others. Editing is understood as  making corrections and improvements to texts, with particular attention to tailoring them to  the given readership.
 
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Language, Literacy and Diversity: Moving Words
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Language, Literacy and Diversity: Moving Words

Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the innovative and important re-theorization of language and literacy in relation to social mobility, multilingualism and globalization. The volume examines local and global flows of people, language and literacy in relation to social practice; the role (and nature) of boundary maintenance or disruption in global, transnational and translocal contexts; and the lived experiences of individuals on the front lines of global, transnational and translocal processes.
 
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Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context
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Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples of findings from a wide range of second languages, and discusses the application of sociolinguistics to the second language classroom.
 
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