Bielsa, Esperança (2005) Globalisation as translation: an approximation to the key but invisible role of translation in globalisation. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation) (No.163).

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Abstract

Two fundamental features of globalisation are the overcoming of spatial barriers and the centrality of knowledge and information. These developments, which result in the increased mobility of people and objects and a heightened contact between different linguistic communities (mass tourism, migration, information and media flows) signal, in spite of the predominance of English as a global lingua franca, an exponential growth in the significance of translation, which becomes a key mediator of global communication. Yet language and translation have been systematically neglected in the current literature on globalisation. This article critically examines current theories of globalisation and interrogates their lack of attention towards translation. It formulates an attempt to understand the significance of translation in a global context, conceptualising its analytical place in globalisation theory and its key role in the articulation of the global and the local.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Culture and globalization, Translating and interpreting, Press and politics, English language -- Translating
Series Name:	Working papers (University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation)
Publisher:	University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	May 2005
Dates:	Date Event May 2005 Published
Number:	No.163
Number of Pages:	15
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)

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