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Thinking Arabic translation : a course in translation method : Arabic to English / James Dickins, Sandor Hervey, Ian Higgins.

Title
Thinking Arabic translation : a course in translation method : Arabic to English / James Dickins, Sandor Hervey, Ian Higgins.
Author
Dickins, J. (James)
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Hervey, Sándor G. J.
  • Higgins, Ian.
Description
x, 256 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
This title is a comprehensive and practical 20-week course in translation method offering a challenging approach to the acquisition of translation skills.
Subject
Arabic language > Translating into English
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-249) and index.
Language (note)
  • English and Arabic.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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 -- Introduction to the formal properties of texts -- 7. Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues in translation -- 8. Grammatical issues in translation -- 9. Sentential issues in translation -- 10. Discourse and intertextual issues in translation -- 11. Metaphor -- 12. Language variety and translation: register, sociolect and dialect -- 13. Textual genre as a factor in translation -- 14. Translating technical texts -- 15. Translating constitutional texts -- 16. Translating consumer-oriented texts -- 17. Revising and editing TTs -- 18. Summary and conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0415250641 (hbk.)
  • 041525065X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002027830