In Other Words A Coursebook on Translation

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1、InOtherWordsThisbookaddressestheneedforasystematicapproachtothetrainingoftranslatorsandprovidesanexplicitsyllabuswhichreflectssomeofthemainintricaciesinvolvedinrenderingatextfromonelanguageintoanother.Itexplorestherelevanceofsomeofthekeyareasofmodernlinguisti

2、ctheoryandillustrateshowanunderstandingofthesekeyareascanguideandinformatleastsomeofthedecisionsthattranslatorshavetomake.Itdrawsoninsightsfromcurrentresearchinsuchareasaslexicalstudies,textlinguisticsandpragmaticstomaintainaconstantlinkbetweenlanguage,transl

3、ation,andthesocialandculturalenvironmentinwhichbothlanguageandtranslationoperate.InOtherWordsexaminesvariousareasoflanguage,rangingfromthemeaningofsinglewordsandexpressionstogrammaticalcategoriesandculturalcontexts.Firmlygroundedinmodernlinguistictheory,thebo

4、okstartsatasimplelevelandgrowsincomplexitybywideningitsfocusgradually.Theauthorexplainswithclarityandprecisiontheconceptsandtheoreticalpositionsexploredwithineachchapterandrelatesthesetoauthenticexamplesoftranslatedtextsinavarietyoflanguages,althoughaknowledg

5、eofEnglishisallthatisrequiredtounderstandtheexamplespresented.Eachchapterendswithaseriesofpracticalexerciseswhichprovidethetranslatorwithanopportunitytotesttherelevanceoftheissuesdiscussed.Thiscombinationoftheoreticaldiscussionandpracticalapplicationprovidesa

6、soundbasisforthestudyoftranslationasaprofessionalactivity.MonaBakerisChairmanoftheEducationandTrainingCommitteeoftheInstituteofTranslationandInterpreting.Shehasmorethanseventeenyears’experienceasatranslatorandhastaughtatanumberofacademicinstitutionssuchastheU

7、niversityofBirminghamandtheUniversityofManchesterInstituteofScienceandTechnology.SheisGeneralEditoroftheforthcomingRoutledgeEncyclopediaofTranslationStudiesandco-editorofTextandTechnology:InHonourofJohnSinclair(1993).InOtherWordsAcoursebookontranslationMonaBa

8、kerLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1992byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTa