Introducing the special issue: Empirical translation and interpreting studies

This special issue of the SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation is a thematic issue devoted to empirical translation and interpreting studies. It brings together a selection of eleven papers originally presented at the Translation in Transition 2024 conference in Batumi, Georgia. The special issue places particular emphasis on two directions: on the one hand, low-resourced and less-researched language pairs, which present unique challenges due to the scarcity of data and limited existing research, and, on the other hand, an interplay between different methods and data types. This special issue combines corpus-based product research with experimental process research in translation studies. Together, these directions aim to push the boundaries of translation studies by integrating innovative research methodologies.