Translators, Interpreters, and Cultural Negotiators: Mediating and Communicating Power from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era

How do translators manage relations with parties in a position of authority and power? The book investigates the intellectual, social and professional identity of translators and interpreters across different time periods and locations when their role involves a negotiation with political powers and cultural authorities.

Tatjiana Djurin, University of Novi Sad, Serbia Isabella Lazzarini, University of Molise, Italy Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto, Canada Dario Brancato, University of Concordia, Canada María Laura Spoturno, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina Sergio Portelli, University of Malta Pin-ling Chang, Independent Scholar Madhuvanti Chintamani Karyekar, Indiana University, USA Mohammad Emami, University of St Andrews, UK Veronika Razumovskaia, Siberian Federal University, Russia