Translation An Advanced Resource Book

"Translation" is a comprehensive resource book which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the subject. The authors examine the theory and practice of translation from a variety of linguistic and cultural angles. Drawing on a wide range of languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Arabic, they explore material from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, advertisements, religious texts, literary and technical texts. As with all books in the "Routledge Applied Linguistics" series, Translation is clearly structured in three main sections.

Translation includes readings by Catford, Fawcett, Ernst-August Gutt, James S. Holmes, Eugene Nida, Werner Koller, Levy, Reiss, George Steiner, Vinay and Darbelnet.

Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics.

Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline.

• Section A, Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers’ techniques of analysis through practical application.
• Section B, Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field.
• Section C, Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses.

Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader’s understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions. 

Translation:

• examines the theory and practice of translation from a variety of linguistic and cultural angles, including semantics, functional linguistics, corpus and cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, gender studies and postcolonialism
• draws on a wide range of languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Arabic
• explores material from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, advertisements, religious texts, literary and technical texts
• gathers together influential readings from the key names in the discipline, including James S. Holmes, George Steiner, Vinay and Darbelnet, Eugene Nida, Werner Koller and Ernst-August Gutt.

Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Translation: An Advanced Resource Book is an essential textbook for students and researchers of English language and Applied Linguistics.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/041528306X

Section A: Introduction  A1. What is Translation?  A2. Translation Strategies  A3. The Unit of Translation  A4. Translation Shifts  A5. The Analysis of Meaning  A6. Dynamic Equivalence and the Receptor of the Message  A7. Textual Pragmatics and Equivalence  A8. Translation and Relevance  A9. Text Type in Translation  A10. Text Register in Translation  A11. Text, Genre and Discourse Shifts in Translation  A12. Agents of Power in Translation  A13. Ideology and Translation  A14. Translation in the Information Technology Era  Section B: Extension  B1. What is Translation?  B2. Translation Strategies  B3. The Unit of Translation  B4. Translation Shifts  B5. The Analysis of Meaning  B6. Dynamic Equivalence and the Receptor of the Message  B7. Textual Pragmatics and Equivalence  B8. Translation and Relevance  B9. Text Type in Translation  B10. Text Register in Translation  B11. Text, Genre and Discourse Shifts in Translation  B12. Agents of Power in Translation  B13: Ideology and Translation B14. Translation in the Information Technology Era  Section C: Exploration  C1. What is Translation?  C2. Translation Strategies  C3. The Unit of Translation  C4. Translation Shifts  C5. The Analysis of Meaning  C6. Dynamic Equivalence and the Receptor of the Message  C7. Textual Pragmatics and Equivalence  C8. Translation and Relevance  C9. Text Type in Translation  C10. Text Register in Translation  C11. Text, Genre and Discourse Shifts in Translation  C12. Agents of Power in Translation  C13. Ideology and Translation  C14. Translation in the Information Technology Era: Developing Words and Cultures.  Glossary.  Bibliography

Basil Hatim is Professor of Translation and Linguistics at Heriot Watt University, UK and Professor of English and Translation at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. He is very well known internationally for his books with Ian Mason and single-authored texts. Jeremy Munday is Deputy Director of the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Surrey, UK and author of our very successful Introducing Translation Studies. Both are practising translators as well as theorists and experienced teachers.