1st Edition

Translation and Social Media Communication in the Age of the Pandemic

128 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

128 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This collection of essays represents the first of its kind in exploring the conjunction of translation and social media communication, with a focus on how these practices intersect and transform each other against the backdrop of the cascading COVID-19 crisis. The contributions in the book offer empirical case studies as well as personal reflections on the topic, illuminating a broad range of... Read more

Introduction: translation in the time of #COVID-19

Tong King Lee and Dingkun Wang

1. Cabin’d, cribbed, confin’d: how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing our world

Susan Bassnett

2. Translating knowledge, establishing trust: the role of social media in communicating the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

José van Dijck and Donya Alinead

3. Trust and cooperation through social media: COVID-19 translations for Chinese communities in Melbourne

Anthony Pym and Bei Hu

4. Parallel pandemic spaces: translation, trust and social media

Sharon O’Brien, Patrick Cadwell and Tetyana Lokot

5. Hello/Bonjour won’t cut it in a health crisis: an analysis of language policy and translation strategy across Manitoban websites and social media during COVID-19

Renée Desjardins

6. On memes as semiotic hand-grenades: a conversation

M^a Carmen África Vidal Claramonte and Ilan Stavans