 In 1999, he was awarded honorary membership of the UNESCO Chair of Translation Studies at Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.In 2000, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Middlesex University, London.From 1970 to 1983, he worked with Benjamin Harshav, Itamar Even-Zohar and Menachem Perry in the journal "Literature" and in 1989 he founded "Target, International Journal of Translation Studies" and has been general editor since.