This collection engages with translation and interpreting from a diverse but complementary
range of perspectives, in dialogue with the seminal work of Theo Hermans. A foundational
figure in the field, Hermans’s scholarly engagement with translation spans several key areas,
including history of translation, metaphor, norms, ethics, ideology, methodology, and the
critical reconceptualization of the positioning of the translator and of translation itself as a
social and hermeneutic practice. Those he has mentored or inspired through his lectures
and pioneering publications over the years are now household names in the field, with many

represented in this volume. They come together here both to critically re-examine transla-
tion as a social, political and conceptual site of negotiation and to celebrate his contributions

to the field.
The volume opens with an extended introduction and personal tribute by the editor,
which situates Hermans’s work within the broader development of critical thinking about
translation from the 1970s onward. This is followed by five parts, each addressing a theme

that has been broadly taken up by Theo Hermans in his own work: translational epistemol-
ogies; historicizing translation; performing translation; centres and peripheries; and digital

encounters.
This is important reading for translation scholars, researchers and advanced students on
courses covering key trends and theories in translation studies, and those engaging with the
history of the discipline.