Translation in News Agency Journalism

Livre Chapitre de livre Translation in News Agency Journalism eng 2026-07-14 author Rodriguez Blanco Natalia 0000-0002-0776-4279 405455 Services communs du département de traduction (TRACO) author Davier Lucile 0000-0002-5219-6418 549290 Services communs du département de traduction (TRACO) 483-493 10.4324/9781032704210-45 9781032704210 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032704210/chapters/10.4324/9781032704210-45 Translation is a complex linguistic activity that operates between discourses and cultures – not only language systems – and poses serious problems to any person who must translate. Journalistic translation is a central issue in the media landscape. This issue arose in journalism in the 17th century, became more prominent with the foundation of international news agencies in the 19th century, and permeates media outlets, including those that are monolingual. This chapter illustrates that news agency editors often understand translation as a word-for-word operation. Consequently, they experience translation as a simple yet unpleasant task and may underestimate the risk of distortions. Translations are often delegated to interns, who mainly translate soft news and non-breaking news, or translation work may be given to teams of journalists who work for smaller audiences. News dispatches are often integrally translated in local bureaus according to the editorial agenda of the Global North news agencies operating in the Global South. The role of translation in South–North and South–South news flows has been underexamined and is worthy of more extensive research. News agencies News translation International news Dewey 418.02 Routledge London Swiss National Science Foundation South–North flows of information through translation in the global news agency AFP 10000284 CH 111 Département de traduction 91 false The Routledge Handbook of News Agencies 099bb54c-e63e-45b3-aeb6-22fd2cb30fb9 Book chapter (Accepted version) Restricted RodDav2026HandbNewsAgencies_corr.pdf 854455 application/pdf BAT avec corrections des autrices - pas de version finale fournie 1d1629374f950f3967bf4dfc3c6bb0244bb57cc59ec0bae6064c46b91b667d83 restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction

Title	Published in	Access level	OA Policy	Year	Views	Downloads

Translation in News Agency Journalism	The Routledge Handbook of News Agencies			2026	14	1

Archive ouverte UNIGE

Rodriguez Blanco, Natalia

account_balance UNIGE affiliation entities

UNIGE affiliation entities