The collection of essays by eleven TS researchers focuses on translation in the first half of the 20th century, a period of political and social turmoil in Europe. The collection concentrates mainly, though not exclusively, on the Iberian Peninsula, addressing relevant questions, such as censorship and dictatorial regimes, power, war, the role of women in society. It seeks to shed new light on the concepts, debates and practices of the time, as well as to showcase both translatedness in its many guises (translation, adaptation, pseudotranslation) and its conspicuous absences. The contributors discuss, in different ways and using various methodologies, the omnipresence of translation in «the age of the extremes».

Maria Lin Moniz holds a PhD in Translation Studies. She is a translator and a researcher of the Centre for Communication and Culture, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is co-coordinator of the project «Intercultural Literature in Portugal 1930–2000». Alexandra Lopes is assistant professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and a member of the Centre for Communication and Culture. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal «Communication & Culture». She is a translator as well as a TS researcher.