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Biographical note
Juliane House is Emeritus Professor, Hamburg University, Distinguished Professor at Hellenic American University, Athens and President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies. Her key titles include Translation Quality Assessment: A Model Revisited (1997), Translation (2009), Translational Action and Intercultural Communication (2009), Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2014) and Translation Quality Assessment: Past and Present (Routledge, 2014).<p>‘Juliane House’s book is an incisive re-evaluation of the position of Translation Studies and its relation to Applied Linguistics. It brings together a wealth of critical material to provide a wide-ranging, up-to-date assessment of the complex phenomenon of translation in its broader linguistic, cognitive and social contexts.’ Jeremy Munday, <i>University of Leeds, UK</i></p><p>'This is an important book for researchers and practitioners in applied linguistics – a passionate plea to consider translation as recontextualization and cross-cultural communication. Thoroughly researched with plenty of examples, this book also makes a forceful argument for rehabilitating translation in foreign language learning and teaching.’ Claire Kramsch, <i>University of California, Berkeley, USA</i></p>
<p>“Juliane House’s book is an incisive re-evaluation of the position of Translation Studies and its relation to Applied Linguistics. It brings together a wealth of critical material to provide a wide-ranging, up-to-date assessment of the complex phenomenon of translation in its broader linguistic, cognitive and social contexts.” Jeremy Munday, <em>University of Leeds, UK</em></p><p>“This is an important book for researchers and practitioners in applied linguistics - a passionate plea to consider translation as recontextualization and cross-cultural communication. Thoroughly researched with plenty of examples, this book also makes a forceful argument for rehabilitating translation in foreign language learning and teaching.” Claire Kramsch, <em>University of California, Berkeley, USA</em> </p><p>"To be highly recommended on at least three reasons: (i) a wide coverage, (ii) an up-to-date discussion and (iii) a combination of insightful theoretical analysis with empirical research."</p><p>Yuanyi Ma, <em>Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology</em><br />Bo Wang, <em>Sun Yat-sen University</em></p>