Thinking German Translation : A Course in Translation Method

ISBN-13: 9780415116374 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 250 str.

Sandor G. J. Hervey; Ian Higgins; Michael Loughridge

Opis

Each title in the "Thinking Translation" series is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method with a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills.
Dialogue examples and a full range of exercise work enable students to acquire the skills necessary for a broad range of translation problems. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of material from technical and commercial texts to poetry and song.
Titles in the "Thinking Translation" series are essential for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in the particular language. The books will also appeal to a wide range of language students and tutors through the general discussion of principles and practice of translation.
Teacher's material with cassette is available with each course.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Preliminaries to translation as a process 2 Preliminaries to translation as a product 3 Cultural issues in translation; compromise and compensation Practical 3 4 The formal properties of texts: phonic/graphic and prosodic problems in translating 5 The formal properties of texts: grammatical and lexical issues in translation Practical 6 The formal properties of texts: sentential, inter-sentential and intertextual issues in Translating 7 Literal meaning and translation problems 8 Connotative meaning and translation problems Practical 9 Language variety in texts: dialect, sociolect, code-switching Practical 10 Language variety in texts: social register and tonal register 11 Textual genre as a factor in translation: oral and written genres 12 Genre marking and the crossover between oral and written genres Practical 13 Technical translation 14 Translation of consumer-oriented texts Practical 15 Stylistic editing Practical Contrastive topics and practices: introduction 16 Contrastive topic and practical: the function of modal particles 17 Contrastive topic and practical: translating modal particles 18 Contrastive topic and practical: concision and the adverb in German 19 Contrastive topic and practical: word order and emphasis in German 20 Summary and conclusion

O autorze

Sándor Hervey, Mr Ian Higgins, Ian Higgins, Michael Loughridge