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2011
Translation in Asia: Theories, Practices, Histories
van der Putten, Jan . 2011. Translation in Asia: Theories, Practices, Histories. ed. Ronit Ricci. Routledge.Abstract

The field of translation studies was largely formed on the basis of modern Western notions of monolingual nations with print-literate societies and monochrome cultures. A significant number of societies in Asia – and their translation traditions – have diverged markedly from this model. With their often multilingual populations, and maintaining a highly oral orientation in the transmission of cultural knowledge, many Asian societies have sustained alternative notions of what ‘text’, ‘original’ and ‘translation’ may mean and have often emphasized ‘performance’ and ‘change’ rather than simple ‘copying’  or ‘transference’.

The contributions in Translation in Asia present exciting new windows into South and Southeast Asian translation traditions and their vast array of shared, inter-connected and overlapping ideas about, and practices of translation, transmitted between these two regions over centuries of contact and exchange. Drawing on translation traditions  rarely acknowledged within translation studies debates, including Tagalog, Tamil, Kannada, Malay, Hindi, Javanese, Telugu and Malayalam, the essays in this volume engage with myriad interactions of translation and religion, colonialism, and performance, and  provide insight into alternative conceptualizations of translation across periods and locales. The understanding gained from these diverse perspectives will contribute to, complicate and expand the conversations unfolding in an emerging ‘international translation studies’.

Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia
Ricci, Ronit . 2011. Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia. Chicago ; London: University Of Chicago Press.
Israel's foreign relations: selected documents, 1977-1982 
Medzini, Meron, and Israel Misrad ha-huts . 2011. Israel's foreign relations: selected documents, 1977-1982 . Nabu Press.
Settlement Patterns in the Chifeng Region
Project, Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research . 2011. Settlement Patterns in the Chifeng Region. Center for Comparative Arch.Abstract

This volume and the accompanying online dataset provide the complete results of a regional settlement study of 1,234 square kilometers in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northeastern China. Results of systematic study of the relationship between surface and subsurface remains are presented, based on sites that were surveyed as part of the regional survey, and subsequently intensively surface collected and test excavated. The volume concludes with a comprehensive synthesis of the regional trajectory of social change from 6000 BCE to 1300 CE, offered as a basis for comparison with those of other regions where complex societies developed.

South Asian Texts in History: Critical Engagements with Sheldon Pollock
Bronner, Yigal, Whitney Cox, and Lawrence McCrea, eds. 2011. South Asian Texts in History: Critical Engagements with Sheldon Pollock. Ann Arbor, Mich: Aas.