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by Gina Mero
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Interpreting / Translating , grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Fachbereich Angewandte Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim), course: Kulturwissenschaftliches Proseminar, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract:...
Practice Your Spanish!
Reading and translation practice for people learning Spanish; Bilingual version, Spanish-English, #3
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
This book is not for beginners. It is for anyone learning Spanish or who wants to improve their Spanish language skills. The idea is simple: lots of bilingual texts (Spanish-English) to practice reading comprehension, plus exercises to translate single sentences from English into Spanish.
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by Sarah Breitkopf
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2008
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Interpreting / Translating , grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Fachbereich Angewandte Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft), course: Highlights of Mid-20th -Century American Drama, 7 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract:...
Cultural Dissemination and Translational Communities
German Drama in English Translation 1900-1914
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
The early twentieth century is widely regarded as a crucial period in British theatre history: it witnessed radical reform and change with regard to textual, conceptual and institutional practices and functions. Theatre practitioners and cultural innovators such as translators Harley Granville Barker,...
Practice Your Spanish!
Reading and translation practice for people learning Spanish; Bilingual version, Spanish-English, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
This book is not for beginners. It is for anyone learning Spanish or who wants to improve their Spanish language skills. The idea is simple: lots of bilingual texts (Spanish-English) to practice reading comprehension, plus exercises to translate single sentences from English into Spanish.
Everything...
Heidegger, Translation, and the Task of Thinking
Essays in Honor of Parvis Emad
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Numerous volumes have been written on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and new translations of his writings appear on a regular basis. Up to now, however, no book has addressed the connections between Heidegger's thought and the hermeneutic methodology involved in translating his works - or any...
by Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
The A to Z highlights common pitfalls faced by translators working on both Arabic-English and English-Arabic texts. Each translation problem is carefully contextualized and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary literature and the media. Using a comparative analysis approach, the authors...
Dramatic Licence
Translating Theatre from One Official Language to the Other in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Translation is tricky business. The translator has to transform the foreign to the familiar while moving and pleasing his or her audience. Louise Ladouceur knows theatre from a multi-dimensional perspective that gives her research a particular authority as she moves between two of the dominant cultures...
by Maria Nitsche
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2005
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Interpreting / Translating , grade: 1,7, University of Heidelberg (Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen Heidelberg), course: Britain Today: Social and Cultural Dimensions, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Despite the...
No translation is perfect
Gain and loss of linguistic and cultural features
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Interpreting / Translating , grade: 2, Liverpool John Moores University, course: Translation Studies, 22 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The basic assumption of laymen concerning translation is that every word or meaning can universally...
Roman Theories of Translation
Surpassing the Source
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
For all that Cicero is often seen as the father of translation theory, his and other Roman comments on translation are often divorced from the complicated environments that produced them. The first book-length study in English of its kind, Roman Theories of Translation: Surpassing the Source explores...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
New Trends in Audiovisual Translation is an innovative and interdisciplinary collection of articles written by leading experts in the emerging field of audiovisual translation (AVT). In a highly accessible and engaging way, it introduces readers to some of the main linguistic and cultural challenges...
Just Say Nu
Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do)
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007
A cross between Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions and Ben Schott's Schott's Original Miscellany, JUST SAY NU is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing...
Translation and Emotion
A Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This volume tackles one of the most promising and interdisciplinary developments in modern Translation Studies: the psychology of translation. It applies the scientific study of emotion to the study of translation and translators in order to shed light on how emotions can impact decision-making and...