Thinking German Translation A Course in Translation Method

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Synopsis

Thinking German Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method offering a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St.Andrews.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 a broad range of translation problems.Examples are drawn from a wide variety of material from technical and commercial texts to poetry and song.Thinking German Translation is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of German. The book will also appeal to a wide range of languages students and tutors through the general discussion of principles, purposes and practice of translation.

Book details

Series:
Thinking Translation
Author:
Ian Higgins, Sándor Hervey, Michael Loughridge, Ian Higgins
ISBN:
9781134818976
Related ISBNs:
9780415116374, 9780203429464, 9780415116374, 9780415116374, 9781138998261, 9781138998261
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
250
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-01-10
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Nonfiction