Ecology of Translation in the Age of the Anthropocene (A Review of the Book: Cronin M. Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene. London: Routledge, 2017. 177 p.)

Abstract

The article presents a review of the book “Eco-Translation: Translation and Ecology in the Age of the Anthropocene” (2017) by Michael Cronin, Professor of Translation Studies at Trinity College Dublin. The author of the book considers translation as a complex of ideas and practices occupying the central place in the study of the human-nature relationship in the context of anthropogenic climate change. At the same time, translation becomes a metalinguistic communication tool. According to the author, such complex issues as food security, climate justice, biodiversity loss, depletion of water resources, energy security, linguicide, ecomigration, fair distribution of resources, and global monocultures will be in the focus of attention of researchers and practitioners of translation in the 21st century. It is noted that the book may be of interest to specialists in the field of linguistics, linguistic ecology, translation studies, philosophy, political philosophy, philosophical anthropology, as well as a wide range of people interested in environmental issues.

Keywords

• translation
• translation activity
• ecology of translation
• linguoecology
• ecosophy
• ecological thinking
• the anthropocene