Translation in Global News

by Esperança Bielsa and Susan Bassnett

Book Overview

The mass media are of paramount importance in the formulation and transmission of messages about key developments of global significance, such as terrorism and the war in Iraq, yet the key mediating role of translation in the reception of speeches and addresses of figures like Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein has remained largely invisible.

Incorporating the results of extensive fieldwork in key global news organizations such as Reuters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041540973X
• ISBN13: 9780415409735
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"