About the Journal

Focus and Scope

TRANS Revista de Traductología is a peer-reviewed international journal published by the Department of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Malaga. It seeks to disseminate scientific research on the processes of interpreting, linguistic translation and intersemiotic translation in all their many manifestations, whether it be from a historical, theoretical, methodological, educational, descriptive or practical perspective. Research dealing with intercultural contact and comparative rhetoric may also be admitted, provided they are addressed from the perspective of Translation Studies. TRANS is published mainly for translation specialists, including researchers, teachers or professional translators and interpreters. The journal is issued annually and (barring rare exceptions) publishes articles written in Spanish, French or English.

Opinions expressed in the texts published in TRANS are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the journal’s official positions. Articles in TRANS Revista de Traductología are listed in the ISOC databases of the Superior Council of Scientific Research (CSIC). Likewise, abstracts are published in the specialized journal Translation Studies Abstracts  (TSA) of the St. Jerome Publishing Company (United Kingdom). TRANS Revista de Traductología is included in the following national and international directories: Carhus Plus, CIRC, Dialnet, Latindex, MIAR, MLA, RESH and Ulrich’s Periodical Directory and its articles are reviewed in BITRA. It is also listed in the collective catalogues of SUDOC (France), ZDB OPAC (Germany) and OCLC World Cat (international).

In 2011 TRANS Revista de Traductología was recognized as a scientific journal of excellence by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), an institution under the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.  

Peer Review Process 

All original submissions will be peer reviewed anonymously by at least two specialists, whose suggestions, if necessary, should be taken into account by the authors. Book reviews will be evaluated by the journal’s Editorial Board. 

TRANS. Revista de Traductología may reject articles without review if they were published previously, either wholly or in part (in any language), or if they are in the process of being published or reviewed by another journal, or if they fail to comply with publication guidelines. 

Open Access 

This journal provides open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Works are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license.

Works may be copied, used, disseminated, transmitted, and publicly displayed, provided that:

a) The authorship and the original source of its publication (magazine, editorial and URL of the work) are cited.
b) Are not used for commercial purposes.
c) The existence and specifications of this use license are mentioned.

d) ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

 

Ethics Policy

Authors collaborating with TRANS. Revista de Traductología agree to only submit original and unpublished works that they themselves have written. All data that papers are based on (quotes, tables, data…) must be referenced properly, listing all sources clearly.

Authors agree to abide by the publication guidelines set out by TRANS. Revista de Traductología and to refrain from sending their work to any other journals while it is undergoing our review process.

TRANS. Revista de Traductología may reject articles without review if they were published previously, either wholly or in part, or if they are in the process of being published or reviewed by another journal, or if they fail to comply with publication guidelines. 

After an initial overview to check that the original is suitable for the journal’s scope, purpose and rules, the Editorial Board will send selected works to two members of the Advisory Board for review (three in cases of discrepancy). In exceptional circumstances, submissions may be reviewed by specialists on the subject matter. All those involved in the process shall remain anonymous, including authors and reviewers. To guarantee their anonymity, the Secretary’s Office of TRANS. Revista de Traductología will scan the manuscripts before sending them for review, deleting or modifying any data which may serve to identify the authors (names, institutional affiliation, explicit references to own works, bibliographic information, etc.). Such modifications will only be made for the review process and will in no way affect the article’s contents.
The deadline for receiving submissions for every issue ends on June 1^st of the previous year. The Editorial Board will acknowledge receipt of all submissions and will give out its decision —stating its reasons— within six months. Confidentiality will be maintained at all times throughout the review process.

TRANS. Revista de Traductología will always record the date of reception, acceptance and review of all of the articles it publishes.

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Authors may reuse their published works for non-commercial purposes: their works may be archived at institutional or theme-based repositories or on personal web pages, provided reference is given to its source. 

Digital Preservation Policies 

TRANS uses DOI that is a persistent identifier, so it ensures that the link is to be preserved, and DOAJ that is a community peer initiative, which maintains the project of the directory of journals in open access collaborated to identify principles of transparency and good practices of academic publications. It is also hosted on Dialnet

Plagiarism Policy  

TRANS. Revista de Traductología maintains an anti-plagiarism policy ensuring that all manuscripts are original and unpublished. This journal uses Similarity Check and Ithenticate software to compare the text of submitted papers for similarity.

The service helps our members to actively engage in efforts to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism by providing our editorial team with access to powerful text comparison tool. The editorial board reserves the right to refuse any manuscript with certain manuscript’s similarity to other published academic and general web content.

Besides, Fotocinema has specific tools to detect plagiarism such as Unicheck, an open-system plataform for checking originality of text submissions and controlling plagiarism.

Authors are not asked to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs) for this journal in any case.