| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Preliminaries to translation as a process -- 2. Preliminaries to translation as a product -- 3. Lexis and compensation -- 4. Genre : text type and purpose -- 5. Cultural issues in translation -- 6. The formal properties of texts : phonic, graphic and prosodic issues -- 7. The formal properties of texts : syntactical, morphological and discourse issues -- 8. Literal (denotative) meaning and translation issues -- 9. Connotative meaning and translation problem -- 10. Language variety : social and tonal index -- 11. Language variety : dialect, sociolect and code-switching -- 12. Scientific and technical translation -- 13. Legal and financial translation -- 14. Translation of consumer-oriented texts -- 15. Stylistic editing -- 16. Summary and conclusion |
| Summary |
The new edition of this comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. A variety of translation issues are addressed, including: cultural differences; index and dialect; grammatical differences; genre. With a sharper focus, clearer definitions and an increased emphasis on up-to-date 'real world' translation tasks, this second edition features a wealth of relevant illustrative material taken from a wide range of sources, both Latin American and Spanish, including technical, scientific and legal texts; journalistic and informative texts; and literary and dramatic texts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-283) and index |
| Notes |
Texts in English and Spanish |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Spanish language -- Translating into English.
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Spanish language -- Translating into English
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thompson, Michael, 1957-
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Hervey, Sándor G. J.
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Hervey, Sándor G. J.
Thinking Spanish translation
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| LC no. |
2008025171 |
| ISBN |
1299140653 |
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9781299140653 |
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9781134070183 |
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1134070187 |
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9780203886014 |
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0203886011 |
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041544005X |
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9780415440059 |
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0415481309 |
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9780415481304 |
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9780415440042 |
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0415440041 |
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