Journalistic translation research twenty-five years on: methods, topics and prospects

This article provides an overview of the research devoted to journalistic translation in the past five years and serves as an introduction to a thematic issue comprising twelve articles on diverse topics, using various methodologies and representing the various geographical areas where news translation has received greater attention, namely Europe, North America and China. It complements the introductory article of the thematic issue of Perspectives published in 2020. The final section mentions several possible avenues of research for the future, including the study of translation in the history of news production, news translation and ideological issues, and translation and constructive news amongst others.