Norm-Focused and Culture-Related Inquiries in Translation Research

Justyna Giczela-Pastwa is a translation researcher and translator trainer, currently working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Gdańsk. She was previously employed as a Visiting Lecturer at City University London. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Gdańsk. Her academic interests include legal translation, terminology, phraseology and corpus-based translation studies.Uchenna Oyali received his MA degree in English Language from the University of Abuja, Nigeria, and an MA in Translation Studies from Aston University, Birmingham. He is currently a Junior Fellow at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth, and his research focuses on Bible translation into Igbo.

• Translational norms – Culture-related translation challenges – Culture in translation – Translation strategies – Descriptive Translation Studies – Individuality of translators – Translator training – Translation competence – Discourse and translation – Ideology and translation – Brazilian translations – Japanese translations – Swedish translations – German translations – Igbo translations