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Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six selected case studies, critically analysing how social, economic, and political factors have affect curriculum designs in different translation programmes. This innovative volume contributes to the development of knowledge in an important area of translation studies and opens a new way for providing both cross-national and cross-disciplinary perspectives in analysing the curricula of translation programmes.

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Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six selected case studies, critically analysing how social, economic, and political factors have affect curriculum designs in different translation programmes. This innovative volume contributes to the development of knowledge in an important area of translation studies and opens a new way for providing both cross-national and cross-disciplinary perspectives in analysing the curricula of translation programmes.

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Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

by Wan Hu
Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK
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Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures: Curriculum Design in China and the UK

by Wan Hu

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This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six selected case studies, critically analysing how social, economic, and political factors have affect curriculum designs in different translation programmes. This innovative volume contributes to the development of knowledge in an important area of translation studies and opens a new way for providing both cross-national and cross-disciplinary perspectives in analysing the curricula of translation programmes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789811082061
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Publication date: 04/01/2018
Edition description: 1st ed. 2018
Pages: 241
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author


Wan Hu is a Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China. She did her postgraduate study at the University of Nottingham, gaining a MA in Chinese/English Translation and Interpreting and a PhD in Translation Studies. Her research interests include translator and interpreter training, curriculum design and development, and news translation.
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