The translator's social environments : an interdisciplinary coοexistence of translation and sociological studies

Abstract EN

Gambier, in his article “Pour une sociotraduction” (2006) stresses that the problematique regarding the interrelationship between Translation and Sociology dates back to the establishment of Translation Studies as a scientific field.

Holmes (2004) refers closely to the Sociology of Translation or Social Translation, relating it to translation historiography development.

The aim of this paper is to examine the connection between the scientific domain of Translation with Sociology and its impact on the practice of translation.

It intends to offer a framework of reflection on the applications of sociological theories to the translation process and pose basic questions on the nature of translation as “a socially - oriented activity” (Hermans, 1997).

It also touches upon the issue of how to integrate the social dimension of translation into translator training programmes so that students get sensitized regarding the translator's role as a “social mediator”.