Welcome!  This guide provides resources that may be useful for your final project. If you need help, please contact Ivana Niseteo, iniseteo@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian.

Translation tools

• Library resources
  • Oxford English Dictionary
  • Bilingual dictionaries: In the Library Catalogue/Advanced Search mode, combine terms in 'Title'/'Books', e.g. english AND german AND dictionary
  • Translating and interpreting--Handbooks Manuals, etc
     
• Internet resource
  • WordReference.com: Multiple language dictionaries and language forums
  • The Translator's Home Companion: Information about resources available on the Internet for translators and interpreters

Research tools

• Background information
  • Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies: The focus is on literary translation, history and traditions of translation in various countries.  Includes such topics as 'Adaptation', 'Doubling', 'Quality of translation', 'Universals of translation', etc.
  • A companion to translation studies (2014)
  • Translation and world literature (2019)
  • Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English [PN 241 E56 2000, print]: Bio-critical overviews of writers translated into English. Also includes historical translation analysis by country.
  • Encyclopedia of language and linguistics: machine translation, translation history, linguistic influences on translation, translation universals, etc.
  • Gale, Literary Sources : critical essays about the worlds most influential literary figures; literary commentary from 1400 to present
     
  • BITRA. Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation. Free database that indexes scholarship in the fields of Translation and Interpreting.  Created by the Universitat d'Alacant, Spain.
     
• Library Search (Library's Google-like search option - may have too many hits)
• Catalogue Search (Advanced Search mode recommended for best results)
   
• Journal article databases
  • MLA International Bibliography: Articles on literature, linguistics, modern languages, and folklore
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete: Articles in the field of communications, mass media, linguistics and film.
  • Academic Search Premier: Articles on a range of multidisciplinary topics, including literature. 
  • JSTOR /Advanced search. Select 'Articles' to eliminate 'book reviews'.
  • Project Muse
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: Articles on 'intersemiotic translation', 'translation and culture', etc.
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text: Articles on literature adaptations, stage adaptations, translations, etc.

Translation theory

• In the Library Catalogue (Advanced Search mode) search by 'Subject': Translating and interpreting. Combine the results with a keyword, e.g. 'culture'.

Finding translations

• In the Library Catalogue/Advanced Search mode combine the term "translated" with an author's name in quotation marks, e.g. "isabel allende" AND translated
• WorldCat database: find information on translations of a book in different languages
  • Combine author's name (or a book title) and the keyword 'translation'. Click on 'Editions and Formats' to find a list.

SFU journals on literary translation (selection)

• L'actualité langagière = Language update (print)
• Babel: International Journal of Translators
• JoSTrans : the Journal of Specialised Translation
• Journal of translation
• Machine translation
• Metamorphoses : journal of the Five College Literary Translation Seminar
• Perspectives:  Studies in Translation Theory and Practice
• TransCulturAl: A Journal of Translation and Cultural Studies
• Translation and literature
• Translation journal
• Translation Studies
   
• In Library Catalogue/Advanced mode/Journals type in 'translation AND periodicals' to find a more complete list.

Translation associations

• Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC)
• Literary Translators' Association of Canada (LTAC) (affiliated with the International Federation of Translators (FIT).
• American Literary Translators Association: the only organization in the US dedicated solely to literary translation
• Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC): Offers the only residency program for literary translators in North America

Other resources

• Three Percent: a destination for readers, editors, and translators interested in finding out about modern and contemporary international literature
• How to write an annotated bibliography: SFU Library guide

Publish your final project?

• WL 404 journal (hosted on the Open Journal Systems)