General Style
We put equal emphasis on rigor and accessibility; it attempts to counteract the
widespread belief that academically sound research is by necessity difficult and
inaccessible. It further recognizes that, given the interdisciplinary nature of
studies, our potential readers may not all be conversant with specific areas such
as literary theory or linguistics. Contributors are invited to consider the following
general guidelines which will help make their material more accessible to a wider
readership:
Avoid unnecessary jargon and explain any technical terms you use;
Use concrete examples of authentic interpreting texts to ensure that an otherwise
abstract or dry argument is brought to life and grounded in the real world;
Gloss examples from other languages so as not to restrict your audience to those
who speak the language of exemplification.
Our language of publication is not restricted to English only. If Papers, it can
generally range between 4000 and 15000 words in length as a rough guideline, inclusive
of notes and references.
Spelling & Other Conventions
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Use -ise rather than -ize generally.
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Use American spelling wherever possible, for example humor rather than humour.
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Try to avoid sexist language. Replace he and he or she with they or a repetition
of the noun where possible, otherwise use he or she, his or her and him or her.
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Use italics for lexical items and titles of publications and boldface for technical
terms.
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Use a single rather than double space after full stops, commas and semicolons.
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Justify your text to the left and do not use the hyphenation facility.
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Send a copy of your paper or review on a PC-compatible disk. Make sure your printout
matches the disk version exactly and provide full details of the hardware and software
used.
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Send a separate list of any characters in your file which are not found on a standard
English keyboard.
Quotations
Author, date of publication and page number should be provided for all quotations.
Quotations shorter than forty words should be incorporated into the text. Use double
quotes, with single quotes within where necessary. Place punctuation outside quotation
marks, for example:
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Thus, Even-Zohar (1979:77) stresses that "we can observe in translation patterns
which are inexplicable in terms of any of the repertoires involved", that is ...
Quotations longer than forty words should be taken out of the text and indented,
with an extra space above and one below the quotation. Do not use quotation marks
with indented quotations.
Quotations from foreign sources should be translated into English. Please indicate
whether the translation is your own or another author's; if the latter please provide
a full reference, including page number(s).
References
List entries in the bibliography first by author and then by date. Where there are
two or more works by the same author in the same year, distinguish them as 1992a,
1992b, etc.
Titles of works in less common languages should be glossed in English.
References to multi-author texts should be in the form of first author's last name
plus et al in the body of the text but all names should be spelled out in the bibliography,
e.g.:
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Jerez, Jesús de Manuel, Juan López Cortés and María Brander de la Iglesia (2004)
' Traducción e interpretación: Voluntariado y compromiso social' [Translation and
Interpreting: Volunteer Work and Social Commitment], Puentes 4: 65-72.
If you refer to more than one publication in the body of the text, separate the
references by commas thus:
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The growing ascendancy of English as the world's main language (Crystal 1985, Coulmas
1992, Phillipson 1992) makes the issues surrounding its teaching in many ways atypical.
The following sample bibliography includes examples of various entries: books, journal
articles, edited volumes, translated works, etc. Please try to include first names
rather than initials of authors wherever possible, and make sure page numbers are
provided for all articles, whether in journals or edited volumes.
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Bart, I. and S. Rákos (eds) (1981) Literary Translation Today, Budapest: Gondolat.
Illustrations
Illustrations, including tables, should be submitted in the text. Number all
illustrations consecutively,using Arabic numerals. In the body of the text,
refer to illustrations by their number (for example: Figure 1; Table 2);
do not use expressions such as 'the following table'.
The quality of the finished product will depend on the quality of the material you
provide. Please ensure that any camera-ready copy or artwork you send us is of sufficiently
high quality for the details to remain legible if the illustration is reduced. You
will need to provide permission for all illustrations in copyright.
Permissions
You will need to obtain permission for quotations from works in copyright, and for
illustrations such as photographs and maps. All permissions must be cleared before
your article is passed for print.
You do not usually have to obtain permission for quotations under 400 words in length
in one extract or under 800 words in a series of extracts from the same work (provided
none exceeds 250 words). You need permission for one or more lines of poetry.
If you use a recording of any spoken material in your article, you must make sure
you obtain the written permission of all speakers and interlocutors to quote any
length of their conversation, speech, lecture, or informal talk. Surreptitious recording
is illegal and no spoken data can therefore be published without written permission
from the speaker(s) concerned. This condition also applies to the recording of interpreting
sessions, where the permission of both the speaker(s) and the interpreter(s) has
to be obtained.
All permissions should be obtained for a world (English language) market. All permissions
correspondence should be delivered to the Editor with your final manuscript. Please
make sure that all extracts are properly acknowledged in your typescript.
Accompanying Information
Please provide the following information with your paper: an abstract of 200 words
in English; your address for correspondence (plus fax number and email address if
available); your affiliation; in the case of two or more authors, an indication
of which author will be responsible for proofreading; in the case of long titles,
a suggested running head.
All queries should be addressed to: manu@AcademicPress.us