{"product_id":"9781041404750","title":"Routledge Handbook of Chinese Sign Language Interpreting and Translation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Chinese Sign Language Interpreting and Translation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eXiaoyan Xiao | Riccardo Moratto\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Translating \u0026amp; Interpreting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Chinese Sign Language Interpreting and Translation (CSLT) provides the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of sign language interpreting and translation in China, tracing the profession's development from informal workplace communication in mid-20th century welfare factories to contemporary challenges in establishing academic programs, professional standards, and specialized services across healthcare, legal, educational, and media sectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 22 chapters by leading experts, it integrates historical oral histories, empirical research, and critical analyses of interpreter education, ethics, professional identity, and the dynamics of Children of Deaf Adults (CODA). It examines key theoretical issues, including cross-modal translation between spoken Chinese and visual-spatial Chinese Sign Language (CSL) and the positioning of CSL interpreting within Translation Studies versus Special Education. Utilizing diverse methodologies such as qualitative interviews, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, and sociological frameworks, the handbook advances both practical and theoretical understanding of signed language interpreting and translation in non-Western contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential Handbook for scholars, educators, and practitioners, it underscores China’s professionalization journey and its global significance in addressing accessibility for Deaf communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXiaoyan Xiao\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at Xiamen University, China. For two decades, Prof. Xiao has been offering Chinese Sign Language (CSL) and CSL Interpreting (CSLI) courses with a Deaf co-instructor. She has published extensively in international and Chinese journals on CSLI and has edited \u0026amp; (co-)authored 8 textbooks on CSL and CSLI. She is Principal Investigator of a number of grants investigating CSLI. Prof. Xiao serves as Deputy Chair of the CSLI Committee of Chinese National Association of the Deaf and with the team they have been making efforts to roll out the Chinese National Certification for CSLI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiccardo Moratto \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor at the School of Foreign Studies, Tongji University, Deputy Director of the Research Center for Chinese Discourse and Global Communication, AIIC member, expert member of the Translators Association of China, and member of numerous other associations. Professor Moratto is editor-in-chief of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, general editor of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting, Routledge Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature, and Routledge Research in Literature, Translation, and Communication. Professor Moratto is a Chartered Linguist and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL), Executive Committee Member of the World Interpreter and Translator Training Association (WITTA), a hyperpolyglot, an international conference interpreter and renowned literary translator. In 2025, he was awarded the prize “Friend of Chinese Literature” by the Chinese Writers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041404750\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e498\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63761411440780,"sku":"9781041404750","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041404750","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}