The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City by Tong Ki... - 9781032028712

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the CityAuthor(s): Tong King Lee\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032028712, 978-1032028712\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City is the first multifaceted and cross-disciplinary overview of how cities can be read through the lens of translation and how translation studies can be enriched by an understanding of the complex dynamics of the city. \n\nDivided into four sections, the chapters are authored by leading scholars in translation studies, sociolinguistics, and literary and cultural criticism. They cover contexts from Brussels to Singapore and Melbourne to Cairo and topics from translation as resistance to translanguaging and urban design. This volume explores the role of translation at critical junctures of a citys historical transformation as well as in the mundane intercultural moments of urban life, and uncovers the trope of the translati.