Applications of Relevance Theory to Translation and Interpreting: Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice

This collection showcases applications of Relevance Theory (RT) to address key challenges in translation and interpreting studies. It presents empirical research on RT pragmatics, drawing from both real-world and experimental data across various translation and interpreting practices, such as literary translation, paradiplomatic translation, machine translation, and legal interpreting.

This book is divided into three parts: the first delves into theoretical innovations, while the second and third feature RT-based empirical analyses of translation and interpreting issues in diverse professional contexts.

With its focus on a wide variety of data types, contexts, and methodologies, this book will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in translation and interpreting studies.

Fabio Alves is Professor of Translation Studies at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Senior Research Fellow of the National Research Council (CNPq), Brazil. He has published widely about empirical applications of RT to translation in journals such as Target, Meta, Across Languages, and Cultures, and in multiple book series.

Fabrizio Gallai is Research Fellow and Lecturer at Libera Universita di Lingue e Comunicazione (IULM) in Milan, Italy. He is the author of a number of articles in scientific journals – such as Journal of Pragmatics and Lingua – and the volume Relevance Theory in Translation and Interpreting (2022). He also has extensive experience as a freelance translator and interpreter.