This interdisciplinary collection of articles, written by scholars involved in translating the Bible into various languages around the world, demonstrates that

What do people think of translation in the different historical, cultural and linguistic traditions of the world? How many uses has translation been put to? How

Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization

Language contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - has been pervasive in human history. Howeve

Words and Silences tells the story of an extraordinary group of independent Nenets reindeer herders in the northwest Russian Arctic. Under socialism these nomad