Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Authors' names have not been included in the manuscript, nor in file names.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text must use 1.15 spacing and use a 12-point Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Research Article
In order to maintain quality, we place emphasis on the Originality, Significance and Rigour of the submission. Originality is understood in terms of the innovative character of the study: whether it engages with new and/or complex problems; develops innovative research methods, methodologies and analytical techniques; provides new empirical material; and/or advance theory or the analysis of doctrine, policy or practice. Significance is assessed in terms of the submission’s contribution to adding new knowledge to the field in theory or practice and may be theoretical, methodological and/or applicable. Rigour refers to the methodological design, and robustness and appropriateness of the concepts, analyses, theories and methodologies deployed within the submission. Account should be taken of such qualities as the integrity, coherence and consistency of arguments and analysis, and the due consideration of ethical issues if any.
The articles to be accepted for publishing need to be those adding new knowledge or developing concepts, techniques or outcomes, demonstrating rigorous research design and techniques of investigation and analysis, and written with sound logic and clear presentation.
Reflections on Teaching Practices
As the column of ‘Reflections on Teaching Practice’ is a unique section of this journal, which is not commonly seen in other journals, indicative guidelines are provided here. In addition to the above requirements, submissions to these two columns need to include the following as essential components of content:
1. A comprehensive description or summary of the teaching, training or professional practice, activity and experience that you reflect on. For example, the translation or interpreting process, the translation or interpreting project, the translation or interpreting product, the translation or interpreting activity, the translation or interpreting training experience, etc.
2. A structured and in-depth discussion or reflection on the teaching, training or professional practice, activity and experience.
3. What best practice, typical problems, useful solutions, trends about the profession, or useful activities can be summarised from this?
Reflections on Professional Practices
As the column of ‘Reflections on Professional Practice’ is a unique section of this journal, which is not commonly seen in other journals, indicative guidelines are provided here. In addition to the above requirements, submissions to these two columns need to include the following as essential components of content:
1. A comprehensive description or summary of the teaching, training or professional practice, activity and experience that you reflect on. For example, the translation or interpreting process, the translation or interpreting project, the translation or interpreting product, the translation or interpreting activity, the translation or interpreting training experience, etc.
2. A structured and in-depth discussion or reflection on the teaching, training or professional practice, activity and experience.
3. What best practice, typical problems, useful solutions, trends about the profession, or useful activities can be summarised from this?
Copyright Notice
I agree to transfer my copyright to the publisher once the article is accepted without APC. I can utilize my work under the "fair use" provisions in copyright law, just like any other user. The publisher grants the authors certain rights per Copyright Transfer Agreement, which is to be signed prior to publication.
All the articles are published under the licence of Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial and Non-Derivative 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
The publisher has agreed to not to charge APC for the first two years. However it welcomes submissions especially those funded by research bodies to pay the full APC to enable Gold open access and for the authors to retain copyright. Authors will be given the choice once the articles are accepted.
Authors will retain copyright of their published work in this journal if they pay the full APC and grant the publisher a non-exclusive licence to publish. A non-exclusive licence means that the rights needed to publish the paper are granted to the publisher on a non-exclusive basis and the ownership of the copyright remains unchanged. The full APC is £160 (US$220).
The journal provides waivers and discounts to authors from low- and middle-income countries, based on the Research4Life country list. Authors from these countries will have APC costs waived (for Group A countries) or reduced by 50% (for Group B countries).
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