Translation readings

What is translation?

It is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. While interpreting—the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication between users of different languages—antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature. If you want to discover the history of translation you can take a look at this article in Spanish.

How can we help you?

The following selection of books is our proposal for Translation readings where you can find and consult useful material related to this area.

Lawrence VENUTI The Translator’s Invisibility (1995)	James NOLAN Interpretation Techniques and Exercises (2005)	Maurizio GOTTI, Susan SARCEVIC Insights into Specialized Translation (2006)
Ali DARWISH Optimality in Translation (2008)	Adriane RINSCHE, Nadia PORTERA-ZANOTTI Study on the size of the language industry in the EU (2009)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation La traduction à la Commission: 1958-2010 (2009)
European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Programme for quality management in translation (2009)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Web translation as a genre (2009)	Ali DARWISH Elements of Translation (2010)
European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Études sur la contribution de la traduction à la société multilingue dans l’Union européenne (2010)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Machine translation (2010)	INFAROM Publishing Publishing Globally: Marketing Translation Rights Through Local Translators (2010)
Pekka KUJAMÄKI Beyond Borders: Translations Moving Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2011)	FLOSS Open translation tools (2011)	Heidemarie SALEVSKY, Ina M. LLER Translation as Systemic Interaction: A New Perspective and a New Methodology (2011)
Anthony PYM, François GRIN, Claudio SIFREDDO, Andy L. J. CHAN The status of the translation profession in the European Union (2012)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Crowdsourcing translation (2012)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Quantifying quality costs and the cost of poor quality in translation (2012)
European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation The status of the translation profession in the European Union (2012)	Hannu KEMPPANEN, Marja JÄNIS, Alexandra BELIKOVA Domestication and Foreignization in Translation Studies (2012)	Lola BENDANA, Alan MELBY Almost everything you ever wanted to know about translation (2012)
Morry SOFER The Global Translator’s Handbook (2012)	Natalie KELLY Found in translation (2012)	Ravi KUMAR Role of Translation in Nation Building (2012)
European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Translation and language learning (2013)	Silvia FERRERI, Nadia COGGIOLA, Paola MIGLIORE, Cristina PONCIBÒ, Jacqueline VISCONTI, Giulia TERLIZZI, Domenico FRANCAVILLA, Elena GRASSO Document quality control in public administrations and international organisations (2013)	FH-Prof. Dr. phil. Georg LÖCKINGER Übersetzungsorientierte Fachwörterbücher. Entwicklung und Erprobung eines innovativen Modells (2014)
Institute of Translation & Interpreting The Getting it Right Guide: A buyer’s guide to sourcing and using translation services (2014)	Jean-Christophe TROUSSEL, Julien DEBUSSCHE (European Commission) Translation and intellectual property rights (2014)	Sharon O’BRIEN, Laura Winther BALLING, Michael CARL, Michel SIMARD, Lucia SPECIA Post-editing of Machine Translation:Processes and Applications (2014)
Udaya Narayana SINGH Translation as Growth: Towards a Theory of Language Development (2010)	Hendrik J. KOCKAERT The Journal of Internationalization and Localization (2016)	European Commission, Directorate-General for Translation Translation tools and workflow (2017)
Andrej GLÉZL Lost in Translation: EU Law and the Official Languages – Problem of the Authentic Text	Marta STELMASZAK Business School for Translators Lessons	SDL The insider perspective – a translator’s thoughts on computer-assisted translation software
Multilingual dictionary of new words – European Parliament