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- Investigates the relation between educational content and market needs in curriculum design in a wider context of neo-liberal economic globalisation
- Maps the influence of neo-liberalist thinking on academic translator training to determine responses to the pressure of market forces
- Addresses the tensions between education (academia) and training (profession)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six selected case studies, critically analysing how social, economic, and political factors have affect curriculum designs in different translation programmes. This innovative volume contributes to the development of knowledge in an important area of translation studies and opens a new way for providing both cross-national and cross-disciplinary perspectives in analysing the curricula of translation programmes.
Reviews
“This is an important study that for the first time assesses translation curriculum content in relation to market needs, both in China and in the West, pointing towards new ways of connecting academia and the market in this field. Essential reading for those delivering translation programmes.” (Maike Oergel, Associate Professor of German, University of Nottingham, UK)
“This book provides us with an excellent and timely investigation into how neo-liberal economic globalization processes differentially influences UK and Chinese translation programs.” (Juliane House, Professor Emerita, University of Hamburg, Germany)
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Foreign Studies, CUFE, Beijing, China
Wan Hu
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures
Book Subtitle: Curriculum Design in China and the UK
Authors: Wan Hu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8207-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8206-1Published: 19 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4091-8Published: 09 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8207-8Published: 07 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 241
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Education Policy, Translation, International and Comparative Education, Curriculum Studies, Translation Studies