This special issue is about indirect translation (ITr). To counter the traditional disinterest of Translation Studies in researching ITr, it explores and showcases what research on the topic can do for our discipline as a whole. This introductory article prepares the ground for and provides an overview of what is discussed in the seven articles included in the special issue. Before introducing the contributions to this issue, we briefly explain the terminology and definitions used throughout this issue. In the spirit of transparency, and making this special issue useful to everyone in Translation Studies, this introduction also devotes space to discussing how this issue came into being, sharing some of the lessons learnt through guest editing.

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间接翻译研究能为翻译学做什么？

本期特刊是关于间接翻译 (ITr) 的。为了反驳传统上翻译研究对研究 ITr 的不感兴趣，它探索并展示了关于该主题的研究可以为我们整个学科做些什么。这篇介绍性文章为特刊中包含的七篇文章中讨论的内容做准备并提供了概述。在介绍本期的贡献之前，我们简要解释一下本期中使用的术语和定义。本着透明的精神，并使本期特刊对翻译研究领域的每个人都有用，本导言还专门讨论了本期是如何产生的，并分享了通过客座编辑获得的一些经验教训。