Thinking Spanish Translation: Spanish to English

Synopsis

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 register 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 literary and dramatic texts. Each chapter includes suggestions for classroom discussion and a set of practical exercises designed to explore issues and consolidate skills. Model translations, notes and suggestions for teaching and assessment are provided in a Teachers' Handbook; this is available for free download at http://www. routledge. com/cw/thinkingtranslation/ Thinking Spanish Translationis essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Spanish and translation studies. The book will also appeal to a wide range of language students and tutors through the general discussion of the principles and purposes of translation. 9781134070183 9780415481304 9780203886014 9780415440042

Copyright:

2009

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

ISBN-13:

9780415440059

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

03/20/17

Copyrighted By:

Louise M. Haywood, Michael Thompson and Sándor Hervey

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Language Arts, Communication, Foreign Language Study

Submitted By:

Taylor and Francis VIP Team

Proofread By:

Taylor and Francis VIP Team

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.