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Translation Studies in Higher Education Systems: The UK and China

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This chapter introduces the changing roles of universities in the context of neo-liberal economic globalisation. One direct influence of these neo-liberal ideals on universities is that they have to make their courses more professional in order to meet the demands from the market, employers and students. Therefore, this chapter proposes the question of balancing academic and professional pedagogies in university-based degree courses for all subjects in general, and for translation programmes in particular. The recognition and development of Translation Studies as an independent academic discipline in both the West and China are also introduced in this chapter. Finally, this chapter discusses how the present analysis can be conducted with the help of a case study.

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Hu, W. (2018). Translation Studies in Higher Education Systems: The UK and China. In: Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8207-8_1

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