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.
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plagiarized content it would be withdrawn by giving notice to the author and his/her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
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.