Translation, Interpreting and Culture

Martin Djovčoš is an associate professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. His teaching and translation research currently focuses on sociological aspects of translation, asymmetries in intercultural communication, translation criticism and interpreting training. Mária Kusá is a Russian language and translation studies scholar at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava and the Institute of World Literature at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Her research focuses on translation history and Slovak translation studies as a part of the history of the cultural and scientific space. She concentrates on reception (not only) of Russian literature in Slovakia in broader geographical and cultural relations. Emília Perez is an associate professor at the Department of Translation Studies at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. Her training and research activities focus on audiovisual translation and media accessibility, standards and procedures in the creative sector, as well as the area of translator competences.

• Introduction - Marianna Bachledová: Translators and Publishers in Czechoslovakia (1968–​1989): Followingand Subverting the Ideology - Marie Krappmann: The Translation of Yiddish Literature into Czech in JewishPeriodicals: The Impact of the Medium and the Genre of the Source Texton the Choice of Translation Strategies - Ludmila Lambeinová: Paratexts of Academic Texts: Polish History from a Czech Perspective - İmren Gökce Vaz De Carvalho: The Factors Influencing the Role of Sign Language Interpreters: The Caseof Turkey - Antony Hoyte-​West: In A League of Their Own? Conference Interpreters Viewed Through thePrism of Elite Sociology - Mária Bakti: Fluency and Delivery in the Evaluation of InterpreterPerformance: Evidence from Evaluations from Trainers and the TargetAudience - Büşra Yaman: Hybridity and (Re)Contextuality as a Conceptual Tool in Selma Ekrem’sUnveiled and Its Turkish Translation - Maria Stasimioti, Vilelmini Sosoni, Katia Lida Kermanidis: Quality in Translation Crowdsourcing: A Case Study with Professionaland Non-​Professional Translators - Marián Kabát: Toward a Context-​Based Definition of Localization - Martin Djovčoš and Emília Perez: Training Future Professionals in Slovakia: Contexts, Changes andChallenges in Translator Training - Soňa Hodáková: To Be or Not to Be an Interpreter? Should Interpreter’s Training Changethe Personality or Subordinate Itself to It? - Pavol Šveda: Students’ Motivation and Their Subjective Readiness to Enter theTranslation Profession: A Survey of Four Different Universities in OneCountry - Conclusion