Intro to Translation Studies Bibliography
Drew Maust · Aug 19, 2020, 7:51 AM · Last modified: Sep 28, 2026, 11:38 AMAllen, Esther, and Susan Bernofsky, eds. In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.
Baker, Mona, and Gabriela Saldanha, eds. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. 3rd ed. London ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2019.
Bassnett, Susan. Translation Studies. 4th ed. London: Routledge, 2014.
Bermann, Sandra, and Catherine Porter, eds. A Companion to Translation Studies. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
Gentzler, Edwin. Contemporary Translation Theories. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2001.
Nord, Christiane. Translating as a Purposeful Activity: Functionalist Approaches Explained. 2nd ed. Translation Theories Explored. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Palumbo, Giuseppe. Key Terms in Translation Studies. London ; New York: Continuum, 2009.
Pym, Anthony. Exploring Translation Theories. 2nd ed. London ; New York: Routledge, 2014.
Reynolds, Matthew. Translation: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Shuttleworth, Mark, and Moira Cowie. Dictionary of Translation Studies. Manchester: St. Jerome, 1997.
Toury, Gideon. Descriptive Translation Studies – and Beyond. 2nd expanded ed. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012.
Tymoczko, Maria. Enlarging Translation, Empowering Translators. London: Routledge, 2014.
Venuti, Lawrence. The Translator’s Invisibility: A History of Translation. London: Routledge, 2012.
———. The Translation Studies Reader. 3rd ed. London ; New York: Routledge, 2012.
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We are putting together a similar bibliography for a Nida course on Translation Studies for Bible Translators. Happy to share resources.
After the compiling of the finalized list in this year, I will try to figure out how many titles are translated into Chinese. We may need to prioritize the translation. BTW, can someone and share that in a bibliography manager database format, for e.g. zotero to allow easier import and export. Most of these book are already in my zotero, if no one is doing this. Give me sometime, I can work on it. I would also suggest putting annotation and/or link of the review of those resources in the future.