This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Systemic Functional
Translation Studies, a research area that applies Systemic Functional
Linguistics to study translation, and relates research by scholars in
the communities of Systemic Functional Linguistics and translation
studies. It summarises the important trends in, and major contributions
to, Systemic Functional Translation Studies, as well as its limitations.
The book covers various topics in Systemic Functional Translation
Studies, including:
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Basic issues and concepts
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The relationship between Systemic Functional Translation Studies,
cognate functional approaches, translation studies and translation
practice
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Systemic Functional Translation Studies and different modes of meaning
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Registerial variation and Systemic Functional Translation Studies
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Technology and Systemic Functional Translation Studies
The book concludes with reflections on what is currently missing from
Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, and offers a future outlook on
Systemic Functional Translation Studies, suggesting new directions for
future research in this area.