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About the The Translator format

The Translator is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Translation Studies and Practices, Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare, linguistics and terminology studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Translator 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inTranslation Studies and Practices Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare linguistics and terminology studies Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Natural Language Processing Techniques
ISSN1355-6509
Citation impact (2-yr)1.03
h-index67
i10-index296
Total citations15,930
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Manchester
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in The Translator per year

42
2014
35
2015
38
2016
48
2017
30
2018
36
2019
35
2020
37
2021
34
2022
39
2023
28
2024
34
2025

Citation impact of The Translator by publication year

720
2014
340
2015
342
2016
787
2017
276
2018
377
2019
267
2020
206
2021
183
2022
152
2023
55
2024
13
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Translator

Information Loss in Bilingual Medical Interviews through an Untrained Interpreter

Jan Cambridge · 1 Nov 1999

This paper presents research based on discourse analysis of seven extempore simulated consultations between practicing General Medical Practitioners and non-English speaking volunteer patients, with language-switching provided by educated but professionally untrained native speakers of the foreign language. The research set out to examine how information is lost to both doctor and patient in the language-switching…

The Sociology of Bourdieu and the Construction of the ‘Object’ in Translation and Interpreting Studies

Moira Inghilleri · 1 Nov 2005

This article introduces Bourdieu’s sociological perspective and its relevance to translation and interpreting studies. It discusses Bourdieu’s key concepts – habitus, field, capital and illusio – and their contribution to theorizations of the interaction between structure and agency in sociological and philosophical debates. Considerable attention is paid to the relationship between Bourdieu’s reflexive sociology and…

Proposal for a Hieronymic Oath

Andrew Chesterman · 1 Nov 2001

Four current models of translation ethics are described, based on the ideas of representation, service, communication and norms. There are problems with all these models: they are in several respects incompatible, and have different ranges of application. An alternative approach is therefore offered based on Alasdair MacIntyre’s ideas about virtues and the deontic force of…

Unexpected Allies

Hélène Buzelin · 1 Nov 2005

AbstractWhereas Bourdieu assumes that society can only be explained by analyzing practices and relating them to their authors’ position in society as well as to their own trajectory in their field, Latour claims that to understand a society one must, above all, analyze the way humans and non-humans interact, i.e., how the artefacts that circulate…

Translation and Political Engagement

Maria Tymoczko · 1 Apr 2000

The possibility of using translation for geopolitical agenda and political engagement has stimulated substantial interest in the last decade within translation studies and in other disciplines. Defining engagement in translation studies as translation with an activist component, this article reviews the discourse pertaining to translation and engagement. The case study of the translation of Irish…

The Translator template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Translator format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Translator template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Translator use?
The Translator uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." The Translator 12 (3): 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready The Translator document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the The Translator template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the The Translator format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes The Translator?
The Translator is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's The Translator template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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