Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

The book introduces SFTS as a research field, tracing its development and situating the contributions of the 7 scholars interviewed within this tradition. This volume will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies and systemic functional linguistics, as well as those interested in innovations in linguistic theory.

This collection features eight interviews with seven senior scholars, whose seminal works involve the application of Systemic Functional Linguistica (SFL) to translation studies have advanced Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS) as a research agenda in its own right, with critical reflections and insights into future directions.

The book introduces SFTS as a research field, tracing its development and situating the contributions of the scholars interviewed within this tradition. An international group of researchers working across a diverse range of topics within SFTS are interviewed, including Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Erich Steiner, J.R. Martin, Juliane House, Jeremy Munday, Adriana Pagano and Akila Sellami-Baklouti. Taken together, the collection offers a comprehensive account of theoretical and methodological developments in SFTS, with critical overviews of these scholars' body of work within the research area and reflections on the emerging research that pushes SFTS scholarship into new frontiers.

This volume will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics, as well as those interested in innovations in linguistic theory.

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Bo Wang is lecturer in the School of Translation Studies, Jinan University, China. His research interests include Systemic Functional Linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis and language description. He is co-author of Lao She's Teahouse and Its Two English Translations (Routledge, 2020) and Introducing M.A.K. Halliday (Routledge, 2022).

Yuanyi Ma is lecturer in the School of International Cooperation, Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology, China. Her research interests include Systemic Functional Linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis and educational linguistics. She is co-author of Translating Tagore's Stray Birds into Chinese (Routledge, 2021).

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Introduction

Chapter 1 Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to translation studies: Theoretical and applied considerations (part I)

Chapter 2 Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to translation studies: Theoretical and applied considerations (part II)

Chapter 3 Bridging boundaries between Systemic Functional Linguistics and translation studies

Chapter 4 Contributions to translation from the Sydney School of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Chapter 5 Developing translation studies as an applied linguistic discipline

Chapter 6 Complementing Descriptive Translation Studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics

Chapter 7 Integrating process-based research and machine translation with Systemic Functional Linguistics

Chapter 8 Developing systemic functional translation studies in Tunisia

Chapter 9 Epilogue: Contributions and future directions of Fystemic Functional Translation Studies

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