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Some 20 years ago, CTS was approached by leading academic publisher, Palgrave to launch a book series on translating and interpreting. The then Director of CTS, Gunilla Anderman (†2007) and Deputy Director Margaret Rogers started work by commissioning volumes on translation and technology, and public service interpreting. 

Having now grown to over 40 volumes, the Series has recently been accepted for Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Having been successfully reviewed by the Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board, the Series was judged to make ‘a good contribution to the field’ and the published work was evaluated as ‘relevant to an international academic/professional audience in the field’. Also reflecting a particular aim of the Series to feature the growing interdisciplinarity of the T&I landscape, the Series’ potential to ‘contribute to interdisciplinarity [and] for cross-fertilisation with other titles in the field’ was also selected for comment.

The Series covers topics across the spectrum, from film, comics, children’s literature, self translation, specialised translation, training, and emotions to social media, theatre, health issues and game localization. The forms of translation range across written translation, interpreting, dubbing, subtitling and audio description. The contexts and languages extend from North America across Europe through Asia to Australasia. Contributions have been welcomed from established authors in the field, as well as from early-career academics. 

Particular thanks are due to Cathy Scott, Palgrave Executive Editor, Language and Linguistics, for steering the Scopus application through its various stages and for her ongoing expert support for the Series and its many authors. 

New proposals are always welcome (). Series Editor Margaret Rogers is also happy to provide guidance on preparing proposals.