FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication

Changes in the Editorial Board
In January 2012 there has been a change in the editorial board of FACHSPRACHE. The position of Susanne Göpferich as professor and director at the University of Giessen includes a number of new managerial tasks, and therefore she has decided to leave the editorial board. We, the editors and the publisher, would like to express our gratitude to Susanne for her excellent work during the three years of relaunching this journal. It has been a great pleasure to work together with her on this challenging project. Hanna Risku, University of Graz, accepted our invitation to join the board. Hanna is a renowned researcher in the fields of translation studies, technical writing and cognitive science, so her interests perfectly fit the profile of the journal. You will find more information about Hanna on the website. Welcome on board!

FACHSPRACHE - International Journal of Specialized Communication is a refereed international journal that publishes original articles on all aspects of specialized communication and provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and teachers interested in this field.

FACHSPRACHE is committed to promoting high-quality research and to improving specialized communication and knowledge transfer including the qualifications required for this. The journal places equal emphasis on rigour and comprehensibility in an attempt to bridge the gap between researchers who may come from different disciplines but who share a common interest in specialized communication. These disciplines may range from linguistics, psychology, lexicography, terminology, and translation studies to the neurosciences as well as domains such as business administration, economics, law, medicine, science and engineering. Special issues focusing on particular individual areas are published regularly.

Books for review

If you are interested in reviewing (any of) the title(s) below, please send an e-mail to the review editor. Please also contact us if you would like to suggest books for review.

• Wissenschaftliches Schreiben in Portugal zum Ende des Antigo Regime (1779 –1821). Die Memórias económicas der Academia das Ciências de Lisboa / Carsten Sinner. Berlin : Frank & Timme 2012 (Forum für Fachsprachen-Forschung, Band 93)
• Singen und Sprechen. Musikwissenschaftlich-linguistische Unterschiede der beiden menschlichen Lautäußerungsformen / Gerhard Apfelauer, München: Herbert Utz 2011
• Textología contrastiva, derecho comparado y traducción jurídica : las sentencias de divorcio alemanas y españolas / Iris Holl, Berlin : Frank & Timme 2011, TransÜD. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens; Bd. 29
• Linguistic and translation studies in scientific communication / Maria-Lluisa Gea-Valor ... (ed.), Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt, M. ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Wien : Lang 2010
• Researching language and the law: textual features and translation issues / Davide Simone Giannoni & Celina Frade (ed.), Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt, M. ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Wien : Lang 2010
• Fachsprache im Spanischen : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Terminologie der Wirtschaftsinformatik / Kathrin Flierenbaum München : AVM 2011
• Legal discourse across languages and cultures / Maurizio Gotti & Christopher Williams (ed.) Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt, M. ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Wien : Lang 2010

The editorial board:

Jan Engberg (Aarhus/Denmark)
Hanna Risku (Graz/Austria)
Nina Janich (Darmstadt/Germany)

Review editor and bibliography:

Ines A. Busch-Lauer (Zwickau/Germany)

The editorial secretary:

Anja Steinhauer (Wiesbaden/Germany)