Thinking Arabic Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English
Author:   James Dickins (University of Leeds, UK) ,  Sandor Hervey ,  Ian Higgins (University of St Andrews, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415250658


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   11 April 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Thinking Arabic Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English


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Thinking Arabic Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 24-week course in translation method offering a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. It has been fully and succcessfully piloted at Durham University. Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. Discussion, examples and a full range of exercise work enable students to acquire the skills necessary for tackling a broad range of translation problems. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of material, from journalism and politics, legal and technical texts and literary and consumer-orientated texts. Thinking Arabic Translation is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Arabic. The book will also appeal to a wide range of language students and tutors through the general discussion of the principles, purposes and practice of translation.

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Author:   James Dickins (University of Leeds, UK) ,  Sandor Hervey ,  Ian Higgins (University of St Andrews, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780415250658


ISBN 10:   041525065
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   11 April 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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