Applications of Relevance Theory to Translation and Interpreting

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.

• IntroductionFABIO ALVES AND FABRIZIO GALLAI PART 1: Relevance theory–informed translation studies 1 An overarching account of relevance-theoretic applications to the study of translation and interpreting FABRIZIO GALLAI AND FABIO ALVES2 Representation and resemblance in translation: Scrutinising interpretive language use in relevance theory MICHAEL CARL3 Cognitive theories and translator’s competence: The mapping view vs the deflationary view in metaphor translation AGNIESZKA PISKORSKA4 From describing state of affairs to interpreting attributed thoughts: A relevant-theoretic interpretation of brainimaging dataKARINA SARTO SZPAK, FABIO ALVES, NATHALIA BIACHINI ESPER, AND AUGUSTO BUCHWEITZPART 2: From theory to practice: Translation and relevance theory 5 Implicit meaning in literary translation from a process-oriented perspective: Authorial intention and the relevance-theoretic comprehension heuristic under scrutiny FABIO ALVES6 Ostension and propaganda during the Cold War: A methodological junction between polysystem and relevance theory CATALINA ILIESCU‑GHEORGHIU7 A relevance-theoretic approach to the translation of culture-loaded expressions in Red Sorghum LI XIN AND ZHANG CAIYAN8 “I visited Rome and Paris, among others”: Ad-hoc categorisation in Relevance Theory and translation practice DANIEL J. SAX9 Translating the ineffable in art: The case of the Parthenon Sculptures CHARA VLACHAKIPART 3: From theory to practice: Interpreting and relevance theory 10 Optimising non-native-speaker source texts: A qualitative Relevance Theory-based account of interpreters’ renditionsMICHAELA ALBL‑MIKASA11 Cognitive processes in dialogue interpreting: On the interpreter’s monitoring at the local and global levels of discourseANNE DELIZÉE12 Assessing quality in asylum interpreting: A relevance-theoretic perspective FABRIZIO GALLAI13 Relevance and artificial communication: A relevance-theoretic perspective on machine interpreting ROBIN SETTON14 Relevance Theory and interactional pragmatics in virtual courts: A study of the English–Mandarin interpretation of the manner of speech by professional interpreters in remote settings RAN YI