Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures

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.

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)

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
Translation Studies in the Higher Education Systems: the UK and China.- Teaching Translation in the UK and China.- Analysis of Current Curricula in Translation Programmes in the UK.- Analysis of Current Curricula in the Chinese MTI Programme.- Context and Comparison of Translation Programmes in China and the UK: Market Forces, Global Positions and Curriculum Content.- Conclusion.