Phrase guide

translation studies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the theory and practice of translating and interpreting, especially in an academic context, combining elements of social science and the humanities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Coined by American poet, translator and translation scholar James S. Holmes in 1972 in his paper “The name and nature of translation studies”.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دِرَاسَات اَلتَّرْجَمَة (dirāsāt at-tarjama) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Armenian: թարգմանագիտություն (tʻargmanagitutʻyun) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Armenian: թարգմանաբանություն (tʻargmanabanutʻyun) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Azerbaijani: tərcüməşünaslıq — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Catalan: traductologia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯研究 /翻译研究 (fānyì yánjiū) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯學 /翻译学 (fānyìxué) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 譯學 /译学 (yìxué) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Czech: translatologie — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Danish: oversættelsesteori — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Dutch: vertaalwetenschap — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Dutch: vertaalkunde — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Estonian: tõlketeadus — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Finnish: käännöstiede — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • French: traductologie — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Galician: tradutoloxía — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Georgian: თარგმანმცოდნეობა (targmanmcodneoba) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Georgian: ტრადუქტოლოგია (ṭradukṭologia) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Georgian: ტრანსლატოლოგია (ṭranslaṭologia) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • German: Translatologie — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • German: Übersetzungswissenschaft — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Greek: μεταφρασιολογία (metafrasiología) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Greek: μεταφραστικές σπουδές (metafrastikés spoudés) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Greek: μεταφρασεολογία (metafraseología) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Hebrew: חקר התרגום — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Hungarian: fordítástudomány — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Hungarian: transzlatorika — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Hungarian: traduktológia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Icelandic: þýðingarannsóknir — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Irish: staidéar ar aistriúchán — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Italian: scienza della traduzione — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Italian: traduttologia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Japanese: 翻訳研究 (hon'yaku kenkyū) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Khmer: ការសិក្សាបកប្រែ (kaa səksaa bɑɑk prae) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Latvian: tulkojumzinātne — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Persian: مطالعات ترجمه — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Polish: traduktologia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Polish: translatologia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Polish: translatoryka — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Polish: przekładoznawstwo — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Portuguese: estudos de tradução — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Portuguese: tradutologia — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Romanian: traductologie — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Romanian: studii de traductologie — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Russian: перево́д и переводове́дение (perevód i perevodovédenije) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Russian: переводове́дение (perevodovédenije) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Serbo-Croatian: traduktologija — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Spanish: traductología — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Swedish: översättningsvetenskap — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Tamil: மொழிபெயர்ப்பியல் (moḻipeyarppiyal) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Thai: การศึกษาการแปล (gaan sèuksăa gaan bplae) — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Turkish: çeviribilim — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Uzbek: tarjimashunoslik — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Vietnamese: nghiên cứu dịch thuật — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting
  • Welsh: astudiaethau cyfieithu — study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting