Translation Agency

Abstract

During the last decades, and particularly after the beginning of the 21st century, sociological approaches in translation studies have tackled the attention of both scholars and translators. Translation scholars have become more interested in the roles of translators and mediators in the field of Translation Studies, due to the cultural influence translators play. Therefore, the concept of ‘Agency’ has been largely spotted on, to elaborate more on the descriptive theoretical approaches that make the business; of translation, and audiences more ‘agent-aware’ on one hand, and to make translators and mediators more visible as social actors on the other hand. The business field related to translation emphasised more on the role of Translation Agency as the ‘House’ where translation is produced; it is the organisation which provides people with written and spoken translation services in different languages. Agency is the institution or place that is eager to embraces translation commissioner(s), translation editor(s), translation publisher(s), translator(s), and translation utilities like, computers…etc. under one structure. In other words, agency is a multi-person entity that focuses on how to frame the translation services that aim either on influencing a wide range of audiences, or on providing services that meet clients’ needs. Therefore, translation has become a huge business that includes sales, marketing, management, in addition to other sections and divisions that are related to this industry.