Thinking Arabic Translation
A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English
Published on 28. March 2002
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-415-25064-1 (ISBN)
Description
Thinking Arabic Translation is a comprehensive and practical twenty-four-week course in translation method.
Clear explanations, discussion, examples and exercises enable students to acquire the skills necessary for tackling a broad range of translation problems. Examples are drawn from a variety of sources, including journalism and politics, legal and technical texts, and literary and consumer-orientated texts.
A Tutors' Handbook is also available, which contains invaluable guidance on using the course. For more information, please go to http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415250665/
Clear explanations, discussion, examples and exercises enable students to acquire the skills necessary for tackling a broad range of translation problems. Examples are drawn from a variety of sources, including journalism and politics, legal and technical texts, and literary and consumer-orientated texts.
A Tutors' Handbook is also available, which contains invaluable guidance on using the course. For more information, please go to http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415250665/
Reviews / Votes
'This is a pioneering tome with much valuable information about language in general and Arabic translation in particular. I recommend it highly as the leading handbook in this important field of study.' - School of Oriental and African StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-25064-1 (9780415250641)
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James Dickins | Sandor Hervey | Ian Higgins
Thinking Arabic Translation
A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English
Book
09/2016
2nd Edition
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Additional editions
James Dickins | Sandor Hervey | Ian Higgins
Thinking Arabic Translation
A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English
Book
04/2002
Routledge
€60.84
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Persons
Sandor Hervey was Reader in Linguistics and Ian Higgins was Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St. Andrews. James Dickins is Lecturer in Arabic at Durham University.
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Preliminaries to translation as a process; 2. Preliminaries to translation as a product; 3. Cultural transposition; 4. Compensation; 5. Denotative meaning and translation issues; 6. Connotative meaning and translation issues; 7. Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues in translation; 8. Grammatical issues in translation; 9. Sentential issues in translation; 10. Language variety and translation: register, sociolect and dialect; 11. Textual genre as a factor in translation; 12. Translating technical texts; 13. Translating constitutional texts; 14. Translating consumer-orientated texts; 15. Revising and editing TTs; 16. Summary and Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index