Michele H. Jones

The Beginning Translator's Workbook (eBook, ePUB)

or the ABCs of French to English Translation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This workbook combines methodology and practice for beginning translators with a solid proficiency in French. It assumes a linguistic approach to the problems of translation and addresses common pitfalls, including the delineation of "translation units", word polysemy, false cognates, and structural and cultural obstacles to literal translation. The first part of the book focuses on specific strategies used by professionals to counter these problems, including transposition, modulation, equivalence, and adaptation. The second part of the book provides a global application of the techniques taught in the opening sections, guiding the student through step-by-step translations of literary and non-literary excerpts. The revised edition clarifies some of the finer points of the translation techniques introduced in the first edition, provides extra practice exercises, and offers information on a website that can be used in class.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 291
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761863175
• Artikelnr.: 41007817

Autorenporträt

Michele H. Jones was born in France where she received a Master's Degree in English from the University of Nantes, Lower Brittany. She holds a Ph.D. in French from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, and a certificate in translation studies (legal, medical, commercial and advertising) from New York University. She has presented at the American Translation Association, a presentation published in the ATA Chronicle as "Teaching French to English Translation to Beginning Translators: a Linguistic Approach" Jan 1999 pp.50-54 She is also the author of a book on French grammar specifically intended for Anglophones "French Grammar by Charts: A Comprehensive Review". She teaches French at St John's University in New York City where she is also currently director of the Global Language and Culture Center .

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Beginning Translator's Basic Terminology
Preliminary Remarks
Chapter 1 Translation Units
Chapter 2 Words in Context
Chapter 3 Deceptive Cognates
Chapter 4 Translation Techniques
Chapter 5 Borrowings
Chapter 6 Calques
Chapter 7 Literal Translation and Structural Obstacles to Literal
translation
Chapter 8 Transposition
Chapter 9 Modulation
Chapter 10 Equivalence
Chapter 11 Adaptation
Chapter 12 Applying Translators' Techniques to Literary Texts
Chapter 13 Translating Titles
Chapter 14 Guidelines for the Translation of Literary Prose
Chapter 15 Guidelines for the Translation of Dialogues and Plays
Chapter 16 Guidelines for the Translation of Poetry
Chapter 17 Guidelines for the Translation of Non-Literary Texts
Chapter 18 Guidelines for the Translation of Ads
Appendix The Translator's Tools
Index