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Applied Linguistics and Language Study
Translation And Translating: Theory And Practice
The author attempts to arrange the translation process and set it within a systemic model of language. The book is divided into three parts, namely model, meaning and memory, assessing how logical relationships are organized and mapped onto the syntactic systems of a language. Bell firstly defines translation for the purposes of his book and argues that a major specification for the successful organization of translation into a manageable system is translator competence. Other books in this series include An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research, The Classroom and the Language Learner and Bilingualism in Education.
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322 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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March 8, 2021
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Read this if:
- you want to study/are studying languages, the process of translating a text, or linguistics
- you want to know the basics of the process
- you have some background regarding translations, but you don't know what to do to improve your technique
I'm a bit angry. This book is on a list for people who want to take a translation exam. Everything sounds good until you realize that this exam is for anyone (people who either study translation or just normal people). Don't get me wrong, I think it is good that everyone has a chance to take an exam and become a translator (after all, translation is not a pure theoretical domain or separated from others). The problem is that this book has in some parts linguistic terminology. If you are not a scholar, make sure you read the Appendix and look for some key concepts so that you could understand what the author is saying.
Other than that, I like how this book was separated in parts, chapters, sections and subsections (with a summary and conclusion). It made the reading of it easy to follow. The analogies were good too!
Read this if:
- you want to study/are studying languages, the process of translating a text, or linguistics
- you want to know the basics of the process
- you have some background regarding translations, but you don't know what to do to improve your technique
I'm a bit angry. This book is on a list for people who want to take a translation exam. Everything sounds good until you realize that this exam is for anyone (people who either study translation or just normal people). Don't get me wrong, I think it is good that everyone has a chance to take an exam and become a translator (after all, translation is not a pure theoretical domain or separated from others). The problem is that this book has in some parts linguistic terminology. If you are not a scholar, make sure you read the Appendix and look for some key concepts so that you could understand what the author is saying.
Other than that, I like how this book was separated in parts, chapters, sections and subsections (with a summary and conclusion). It made the reading of it easy to follow. The analogies were good too!
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March 23, 2014I will refrain from commenting on this until June.
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