%0 Journal Article %A Amit-Kochavi, Hannah %T The people behind the words: Professional profiles and activity patterns of translators of Arabic literature into Hebrew (1896–2009) %D 2010 %J Translation and Interpreting Studies. The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association %V 5 %N 1 %P 41-58 %@ 1932-2798 %R https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.5.1.03ami %K translators %K translator questionnaire %K Arabic-Hebrew literary translation %K activity patterns %I John Benjamins %X Drawing on recent sociological trends in Translation Studies, the present article describes the making of those translators who were active in the field of Arabic-Hebrew literary translation in Palestine (later Israel) and their special characteristics as a particular group of professionals. An attempt will be made to describe and explain the ethnic, educational, professional and ideological characteristics of this particular population and its activity patterns, with special attention to patterns of cooperation among its members. %U https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/tis.5.1.03ami