Thinking German Translation
Subtitle: a Course in Translation Method
Contributors: Higgins, Ian; Loughridge, Michael
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780203429464
Subjects: German language; Translating into English
Description: Thinking German Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method with a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preliminaries to translation as a process; Preliminaries to translation as a product; Cultural issues in translation; compromise and compensation; The formal properties of texts: phonic/graphic and prosodic problems in translating; The formal properties of texts: grammatical and lexical issues in translation; The formal properties of texts: sentential, inter-sentential and intertextual issues in translating; Literal meaning and translation problems; Connotative meaning and translation problems.; title: Language variety in texts: dialect, sociolect, code-switchingLanguage variety in texts: social register and tonal register; Textual genre as a factor in translation: oral and written genres; Genre marking and the crossover between oral and written genres; Technical translation; Translation of consumer-oriented texts; Stylistic editing; Contrastive topics and practices: introduction; Contrastive topic and practical: the function of modal particles; Con.