ilość książek w kategorii: 2302
Cognitive Linguistics and Translation: Advances in Some Theoretical Models and Applications
ISBN: 9783110301991 / Angielski / Twarda / 433 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a collection of papers which discuss the contributions of cognitive linguistics to translation. It constitutes the first attempt to unify previous isolated works on both disciplines. The papers compiled in the present volume purport to investigate the many fruitful manners in which cognitive linguistics can expand further on the formulation of a cognitive translation theory. They provide a picture of the different theoretical and applied models which originate at the crossroads between both disciplines, and suggest ways in which they can take advantage of the synergy... This volume contains a collection of papers which discuss the contributions of cognitive linguistics to translation. It constitutes the first attem... |
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520,47 zł |
En otras palabras: Perfeccionamiento del español por medio de la traducción
ISBN: 9781589019744 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Students of advanced Spanish share a desire to use and understand the language, even as their backgrounds and goals for the language may vary widely. En otras palabras provides advanced learners of Spanish with hands-on manipulation of grammatical, lexical, and cultural detail through the practice of translation (traduccion). This challenging and enjoyable textbook--now in its second edition with up-to-date texts on current events, new exercises, and new and expanded instructions--presents students with incisive grammar explanation, relevant lexical information, and a wide... Students of advanced Spanish share a desire to use and understand the language, even as their backgrounds and goals for the language may vary widel... |
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185,49 zł |
Advanced English-Arabic Translation : A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780748645848 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learn all the skills you need to translate from English to Arabic in this clearly structured guide. The extracts from a variety of authentic, contemporary texts have been carefully selected to introduce you to important stylistic features so that you can develop your skills across a range of genres.
Learn all the skills you need to translate from English to Arabic in this clearly structured guide. The extracts from a variety of authentic, contempo...
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429,03 zł |
Bible Translation Basics: Communicating Scripture in a Relevant Way
ISBN: 9781556712692 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bible Translation Basics will help translators work with language communities to determine the kind of Scripture product(s) that are most relevant for them, given their abilities and preferences. Scholars over the past thirty years have made significant advances in understanding how human communication functions. Rather than solely looking for meaning in texts alone, texts are now seen to provide clues to hearers so that they can discover the speaker's intended meaning. Hearers use other inputs as well, such as things they already know and information from the speech environment, in order to...
Bible Translation Basics will help translators work with language communities to determine the kind of Scripture product(s) that are most relevant for...
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179,28 zł |
Translation and the reconfiguration of power relations : Revisiting role and context of translation and interpreting
ISBN: 9783643902832 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents translation as a powerful activity by revisiting the roles of translators and interpreters and the contexts of translation and interpreting in societies affected by globalization and migration. The articles cover topics such as the impact languages have on translation, the institutional constraints in the context of translation, and the challenges within the framework of multimodal translation. In recent years, questions of power in translation have emerged. In such a context, the book presents new research paths that can be related to some of the most discussed issues of...
This volume presents translation as a powerful activity by revisiting the roles of translators and interpreters and the contexts of translation and in...
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164,44 zł |
Contrastive Analysis of English and Polish Surveying Terminology
ISBN: 9781443844109 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, with a focus on English and Polish, is a study of surveying terminology, which may be considered as an under-researched area when compared to legal, medical or business terminologies. It examines differences between terms and concepts in the two languages. The purpose of the book is three-fold: firstly, to investigate how surveying terms are created and how they are named in English and Polish; secondly, to analyse concept systems of the two languages with respect to surveying terminology; and thirdly, to indicate the areas of surveying in which terminological and conceptual...
This book, with a focus on English and Polish, is a study of surveying terminology, which may be considered as an under-researched area when compared ...
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252,32 zł |
Bringing Our Languages Home: Language Revitalization for Families
ISBN: 9781597142007 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a tape recorder up to her womb so her baby can hear old songs in Karuk. The Baldwin family of Montana put labels all over their house marked with the Miami words for common objects and activities, to keep the vocabulary present and fresh. In Massachusetts, at the birth of their first daughter, Jesse Little Doe Baird and her husband convince the obstetrician and nurses to remain silent so that the...
Throughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their child...
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115,38 zł |
'Ihrem Originale Nachzudenken': Zu Lessings Übersetzungen
ISBN: 9783484175310 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lessings Ubersetzungswerk- ca. 7.000 Druckseiten - umfasst mehr als vierzig Titel, fast ebenso viele Autoren und diverse Gattungen. Lessing ubersetzt aus dem Lateinischen, Italienischen, Franzosischen, Englischen und Spanischen. Unter seiner Federfuhrung wird die Ubersetzungsfrage in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts erstmals Gegenstand der deutschen Literaturkritik; Lessing ist Leitfigur einer Epoche, in der die deutsche Literatur zu den europaischen Nachbarliteraturen aufschliet. Seine Bedeutung als Ubersetzer ist gleichwohl bisher nur selten untersucht worden, ein Grund mag die noch... Lessings Ubersetzungswerk- ca. 7.000 Druckseiten - umfasst mehr als vierzig Titel, fast ebenso viele Autoren und diverse Gattungen. Lessing uberset... |
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433,69 zł |
Conditions of Comparison: Reflections on Comparative Intercultural Inquiry
ISBN: 9781623565374 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do we know the other culture? How do such inquiries impact on our knowledge of our own culture? These questions lie at the heart of comparative intercultural studies. As a theoretical inquiry into how conceptual resources of cultures (such as explicit and implicit categories of thought) may pre-figure our perspectives, this book re-conceives and reorients comparative intercultural inquiry by arguing for the importance of an epistemological approach and for its potential to transform current critical paradigms, in contrast to approaches that emphasize primarily the political and the... How do we know the other culture? How do such inquiries impact on our knowledge of our own culture? These questions lie at the heart of comparative... |
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191,75 zł |
Writing in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780295992969 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity. Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the ... |
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474,45 zł |
Writing in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780295992976 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity. Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the ... |
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131,18 zł |
Corpus-Based Translation Studies: Research and Applications
ISBN: 9781623563189 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of leading research within corpus-based translation studies (CTS). CTS is now recognized as a major paradigm that has transformed analysis within the discipline of translation studies. It can be defined as the use of corpus linguistic technologies to inform and elucidate the translation process, something that is increasingly accessible through advances in computer technology. The book pulls together a wide range of perspectives from respected authors in the field. All the chapters deal with the implementation of the basic concepts and methodologies, providing... This is a collection of leading research within corpus-based translation studies (CTS). CTS is now recognized as a major paradigm that has transfor... |
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191,75 zł |
Daisaku Ikeda, Language and Education
ISBN: 9780415718622 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928) is an international Buddhist leader, peacebuilder, prolific author, and the founder of the secular Soka kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools, women s college and universities in seven countries across Asia and the Americas. He has emerged as an important educational philosopher and practitioner whose perspectives on dialogue, value-creation ("soka"), global citizenship, and the deep inner transformation he calls "human revolution" have informed the curriculum and instruction of thousands of teachers not only at the Soka schools, but also at numerous... Daisaku Ikeda (b. 1928) is an international Buddhist leader, peacebuilder, prolific author, and the founder of the secular Soka kindergartens, elem... |
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656,16 zł |
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
ISBN: 9780199247844 / Angielski / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literatures of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose)...
This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major l...
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321,89 zł |
WarTalk: Foreign Languages and the British War Effort in Europe, 1940-47
ISBN: 9780230362888 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which languages played in the key processes of British war-making, moving from frameworks of perception and intelligence gathering, through to liberation/occupation, and on to the aftermath of conflict.
Offering a new perspective on the British experience of the Second World War in Europe, this book provides a series of snapshots of the role which lan...
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388,20 zł |
Languages and the Military: Alliances, Occupation and Peace Building
ISBN: 9780230365513 / Angielski / Twarda / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today, this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military
Through detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today, this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in oc...
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388,20 zł |
The Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature
ISBN: 9780231162722 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michael Emmerich thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of the early modern and modern history of The Tale of Genji. Exploring iterations of the work from the 1830s to the 1950s, he demonstrates how translations and the global circulation of discourse they inspired turned The Tale of Genji into a widely read classic, reframing our understanding of its significance and influence and of the processes that have canonized the text. Emmerich begins with an analysis of the lavishly produced best seller Nise Murasaki inaka Genji (A Fraudulent Murasaki's Bumpkin...
Michael Emmerich thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of the early modern and modern history of The Tale of Genji. Exploring iteration...
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488,80 zł |
Working with Specialized Language: A Practical Guide to Using Corpora
ISBN: 9780415236997 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Working with Specialized Language: a practical guide to using Corpora introduces the principles of using corpora when studying specialized language. The resources and techniques used to investigate general language cannot be easily adopted for specialized investigations. This book is designed for users of language for special purposes (LSP). Providing guidelines and practical advice, it enables LSP users to design, build and exploit corpus resources that meet their specialized language needs. Practical and accessible, the book includes exercises, a glossary and an appendix describing relevant...
Working with Specialized Language: a practical guide to using Corpora introduces the principles of using corpora when studying specialized language. T...
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222,03 zł |
Thinking French Translation
ISBN: 9780415255226 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. A variety of translation issues are considered including: *journalism and literature *commercial, legal and technical texts *songs and recorded interviews. This is essential reading for advanced... The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of transl... |
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227,08 zł |
Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account
ISBN: 9780415383967 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translation and Conflict demonstrates that translators and interpreters participate in circulating as well as resisting the narratives that create the intellectual and moral environment for violent conflict. Drawing on narrative theory and using numerous examples from historical and contemporary conflicts, the author provides an original and coherent model of analysis that pays equal attention to micro and macro aspects of the circulation of narratives in translation, to translation and interpreting, and to questions of dominance and resistance. The study is... Translation and Conflict demonstrates that translators and interpreters participate in circulating as well as resisting the narratives tha... |
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181,65 zł |