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Ethics
Translation Today (TT) follows the international standards in all aspects of journal
publication. This journal publishes original scholarly submissions in various categories
including articles, book reviews, interviews etc., that are relevant to Translation
Studies, Interpretation Studies and Adaptation Studies. This journal maintains free
participation and open access policy. This journal welcomes submissions that meet
the highest standards of publication ethics through a transparent reviewing process.
Authentic permission is mandatory, if an author intends to submit contents that
are either fully or partially published on some other platform. The responsibility
to obtain the permission to republish rests with the authors. The authors and contributors
are fully responsible for the views expressed in their submissions.
Reviewing process
The contents published in this journal are screened and shortlisted through a double-blind
peer-review process. All relevant articles, book reviews, interviews and translations
submitted to the journal go through at least two blind reviews by subject experts.
The editors assign the submissions to subject experts who examine the submissions
strictly in accordance with the parameters/guidelines set by the editorial board
(please see the selection criteria on the submission page). All authors receive
an acknowledgement and review report for their submissions. The acknowledgement
of a relevant submission is done in less than a week while the reviewing process
usually takes around three-four months. Please view our Reviewer's Response Sheet
here.
No Fees/Charges
This journal works for knowledge dissemination purposes. Therefore, it does NOT
charge any processing, reviewing or publication fees at any stage. The editorial
board and pool of reviewers also provide their services to the journal for free.
Open Access
For the wider dissemination of knowledge, all issues of Translation Today are available
for free access online. The print copies are available through subscription. The
back volumes of the print edition are also available on payment.
Copyrights
Copyrights for the published items including articles/translations/book reviews
are retained by the National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore. Authors who wish to republish their submission on some other platform may
request for a written permission before doing so.
Plagiarism
This journal encourages honesty in academic practices and adopts a zero-tolerance
policy towards plagiarized contents in any form. A submission with plagiarized content
is outrightly rejected. Translation Today discourages the submission of plagiarized
material in any form. Though all submissions are put on rigorous plagiarism check,
the responsibility of originality of content rests with the concerned authors. A
paper found with plagiarized content (major or minor) will not be considered for
reviewing or publication. If an item published in this journal is found to have
plagiarized content it would be withdrawn by giving notice to the author and his/her
employer and by notifying on the journal's webpage.
Plagiarism is a serious issue in present-day academia. It is an act of cheating
or stealing or impersonating the academic and intellectual work of someone else.
Plagiarism can happen in several ways intentionally or unintentionally. It violates
the ethics of publication and rights of the people who develop an idea on their
own.
Types of plagiarism to be avoided
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Complete Plagiarism: impersonating authorship or submitting/publishing someone else's
work in your name.
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Direct Plagiarism: word for word copying of someone's writings without citation
and quotation marks.
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Self Plagiarism: recycling or copying your earlier published work as new i.e., without
giving proper references and/or citing acknowledgement to the previous stakeholders.
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Mosaic plagiarism: (also known as 'patchwriting') refers to paraphrasing someone's
writings without quotation marks and citation, substituting some words/phrases of
the original writer and projecting your work as new.
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Accidental plagiarism: when content is not properly cited and copying occurs due
to negligence or misquoting.
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Translation Today prohibits all types of plagiarism and strictly adheres to the
ethics of journal publication.
Frequency and cycle
The journal brings out two issues in a calendar year. The first issue is published
in June and the second issue is published in December every year. The submission
to the journal is open round the year. The selection of a submission for publication
depends on the date of completion of reviewing and modifications. In case of delays
related to reviewing/modification, the submission would be considered for the next
issue.
Author’s benefit
ṇ The authors may submit an article even without subscribing to the journal. All
authors and contributing authors are entitled to free complimentary copies. The
authors and contributors from India receive complimentary copies in print as well
as electronic format. The overseas authors and contributors receive an e-copy of
the issue.
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