Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures Curriculum Design in China and the UK /

• Main Author: Hu, Wan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Education and state.; Translation and interpretation.; International education .; Comparative education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Literature-Translations.; Education Policy.; Translation.; International and Comparative Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Translation Studies.

This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six selected case studies, critically analysing how soci...

Table of Contents:

• Translation Studies in the Higher Education Systems: the UK and China
• Teaching Translation in the UK and China
• Analysis of Current Curricula in Translation Programmes in the UK
• Analysis of Current Curricula in the Chinese MTI Programme
• Context and Comparison of Translation Programmes in China and the UK: Market Forces, Global Positions and Curriculum Content
• Conclusion.