Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Translation Studies in Higher Education Systems: The UK and China

   • Wan Hu

   Pages 1-39

3. Teaching Translation in the UK and China

   • Wan Hu

   Pages 41-80

4. Analysis of Current Curricula in Translation Programmes in the UK

   • Wan Hu

   Pages 81-120

5. Analysis of Current Curricula in the Chinese MTI Programme

   • Wan Hu

   Pages 121-156

6. Context and Comparison of Translation Programmes in China and the UK: Market Forces, Global Positions and Curriculum Content

   • Wan Hu

   Pages 157-234

7. Back Matter

   Pages 235-241

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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. 

• Translator Training in China and the UK
• Teaching Translation in China
• Tension between Education and Training
• Translation Programmes in the UK
• Chinese MTI Programmes
• Neo-liberalist Thinking and Translation Curriculum Design
• Market-driven Curriculum Design
• translation studies

“A very useful reference for those who are interested in comparing MA/MTI translation education between China and the UK.” (Defeng Li, Director & Professor of Translation Studies, University of Macau, Macau)

“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)

• School of Foreign Studies, CUFE, Beijing, China

  Wan Hu

Wan Hu is a Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China. She did her postgraduate study at the University of Nottingham, gaining a MA in Chinese/English Translation and Interpreting and a PhD in Translation Studies. Her research interests include translator and interpreter training, curriculum design and development, and news translation. 

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