European Society for Translation Studies

Founded in Vienna in 1992, the Society now has members in more than 46 countries. It functions as a network for research, a forum for exchange, and a center for research resources.

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What makes empirical research ‘scientific’?

What makes empirical research ‘scientific’? Daniel Gile March 2009 Gartner Group is a company which provides inter alia ‘briefings’ for corporate executives in matters pertaining to the evolution of Information Technology in the marketplace. Its ‘analysts’, as they are called…

Humanities and ESP: the Case of History

Humanities and ESP: the Case of History Daniel Gile January 2008 In the ongoing debate about research paradigms in the TS community, it may be interesting to bring up the case of History. History is classified in the humanities and…

Text Perspectives and Translation

Text Perspectives and Translation Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast     How about looking at texts and their translations from different perspectives? Like the famous Leibniz example in which wanderers from the four directions of the compass head towards a town and each…