Faculty member

Professor Emeritus Rachel Weissbrod

Telephone
Email
Rachel.Weissbrod@biu.ac.il
Office
Kort building (1004) room 210
Reception Hours
By appointment
    Research

    Theory of translation

    Literary translation into Hebrew

    Translation for the electronic media (subtitles, dubbing)

    Inter-semiotic/multimodal translation 

    Cultural translation

    Translation and anti-Semitism

    Courses

    Translation Studies - Where From? Where To?

    Translation as Problem Solving

    Translation and Meaning

    Shakespeare's Translations and Adaptations

    Translation and Metaphor

    Translation for the Electronic Media

    Translation of Multimodal Texts

    Publications
    More Info

    Rachel Weissbrod is professor emerita and former chair of the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Her areas of research include theory of translation, literary translation into Hebrew, translation for the media and the interrelation between translation and other forms of transfer. She has published in Target, The Translator, Meta, Babel, Linguistica Antverpiensia, Jostrans, Translation Studies and more. Her book Not by Word Alone, Fundamental Issues in Translation (in Hebrew) was published by The Open University of Israel in 2007. She coauthored with Ayelet Kohn Translating the Visual - A Multimodal Perspective (Routledge 2019). Their book Multimodal Experiences Across Cultures, Spaces and Identities (to be published by Routledge) is due March 31, 2023.

    Last Updated Date : 18/12/2023