37.263, Books: Charting Translation Reception: Hu (2026)

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Date: 19-Jan-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Charting Translation Reception: Hu (2026)


Title: Charting Translation Reception
Subtitle: Methods and Challenges
Series Title: Elements in Translation and Interpreting
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/charting-translation-reception-methods-and-challenges?format=PB&isbn=9781009569392

Author(s): Bei Hu

Hardback ISBN:  9781009569354 Pages:  82 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009569354 Pages:  82 Price: Europe EURO 64.19
Hardback ISBN:  9781009569354 Pages:  82 Price: U.S. $ 70.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009569392 Pages:  82 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009569392 Pages:  82 Price: Europe EURO 21.01
Paperback ISBN:  9781009569392 Pages:  82 Price: U.S. $ 23.00

Abstract:

This Element conceptualises translation reception as a form of
cultural negotiation in which cognitive processes and sociocultural
factors converge to form understanding. Drawing on empirical examples
from a variety of translational phenomena, it maps a range of
methodologies, including surveys, interviews, eye-tracking
experiments, and big data analytics, to examine how heterogeneous
reader expectations are either reconciled or divided. This Element
argues that the ambiguities surrounding readers' identities and
behaviours exemplify how reception thrives on paradoxes,
uncertainties, and fluid boundaries. It proposes a nonlinear trade-off
model to emphasise that mutual benefits in high-stakes communication
can only be achieved when a requisite degree of trust is maintained
among all stakeholders. This trust-based approach to translation
reception provides us with the epistemological and methodological
tools to navigate our post-truth multilingual world, where a new
technocratic order looms. This title is also available as Open Access
on Cambridge Core.

Written In: English (eng)



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