Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Translation
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Translation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Nature of Translation
- Part II Translation in Society
- Part III Translation in Company
- Part IV Translation in Practice: Factual Genres
- Part V Translation in Practice: Arts
- Part VI Translation in History
- 26 Translation before the Christian Era
- 27 Translation in the First Millennium
- 28 Translation in the Second Millennium
- 29 Translation in the Third Millennium
- Index
- References
28 - Translation in the Second Millennium
from Part VI - Translation in History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Translation
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Translation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Nature of Translation
- Part II Translation in Society
- Part III Translation in Company
- Part IV Translation in Practice: Factual Genres
- Part V Translation in Practice: Arts
- Part VI Translation in History
- 26 Translation before the Christian Era
- 27 Translation in the First Millennium
- 28 Translation in the Second Millennium
- 29 Translation in the Third Millennium
- Index
- References
Summary
Chapter 28 provides an overview history of translation and interpreting activity through the second millennium in Africa, the Americas (the ‘New World’), Asia (China, India, Japan, Turkey) and the Old World. The chapter concludes with a section on the twentieth century that links the professionalization of translation, terminology and interpretation with the development of transnational organizations (e.g. UNESCO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and supranational unions (e.g. the European Union) in the aftermath of World War II, along with continued globalization and technological progress.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Translation , pp. 556 - 575Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022