Christina Schäffner Editor & Author

Christina Schäffner is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages and European Studies at Aston University (Birmingham, UK), Co-ordinator of the Institute for the Study of Language and Society, and Secretary General of the European Society for Translation Studies. Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics, and metaphors. Her most recent publications include Annotated Texts for Translation: English-German  (with U. Wiesemann, 2001), Translation in the Global Village (ed., 2000), Developing Translation Competence (co-ed. with B. Adab), Translation and Norms (ed., 1999), Translation and Quality (ed., 1997).