Humanities & Social Sciences, Vol 8, No 2 (2015)

BEYOND BORDERS: PARADOXES AND CHALLENGES

Yves Gambier

Abstract


The Translation and Interpreting Studies are nowadays facing professional, socio-professional, socio-political, technological, and pedagogical challenges.    The article seeks to answer three questions based on these challenges:

-          Why do we need a media history of translation?

-          To what extent is the new relationship between oral and written codes disturbing Translation Studies?

-          What could the possible ethical and methodological implications be?

These three issues have a common denominator: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which is blurring our traditional borders and categories