Much has been written elsewhere about the theory of translation. The focus here, however, is on a generalised linguistic description as the basis for understanding and learning to translate different types of text. A framework for analysing universal text types is provided through the medium of English. It is then shown how this analysis can be used as the basis for re-building the text in another language, in this case Arabic. Moreover, the analysis reveals core examples of each type of text type identified and shows how more and more sophisticated forms occur within the context of each....
Much has been written elsewhere about the theory of translation. The focus here, however, is on a generalised linguistic description as the basis for ...