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Nation, Language, and the Ethics of Translation (Translation/Transnation)
$25.46

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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
George Steiner
$26.50

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When it first appeared in 1975, After Babel created a sensation, quickly establishing itself as both a controversial and seminal study of literary theory. In the original edition, Steiner provided readers with the first systematic investigation since the eighteenth century of the phenomenology and processes of translation both inside and between languages. Taking issue with the principal emphasis of modern linguistics, he finds the root of the "Babel problem" in our deep instinct for privacy and territory, noting that every people has in its language a unique body of shared secrecy. With this provocative thesis he analyzes every aspect of translation from fundamental conditions of interpretation to the most intricate of linguistic constructions.

For the long-awaited second edition, Steiner entirely revised the text, added new and expanded notes, and wrote a new preface setting the work in the present context of hermeneutics, poetics, and translation studies. This new edition brings the bibliography up to the present with substantially updated references, including much Russian and Eastern European material.

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interpretatio.Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler. (Approaches to Translation Studies 8)
Frederick M. Rener
$39.26

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Translation Issues in Language and Law
$55.00

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Elementary Latin Translation (Latin language)
A. E. Hillard; C. G. Botting
$11.77

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Hillard and Bottin's Elementary Latin Translation was designed to accompany the same authors' Elementary Latin Exercises, so that the two books could conveniently be used together and translation be learned as well as composition.

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Translation (Oxford Introduction to Language Study)
House
$20.74

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Translation is one of the most important cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practices. This short introduction focuses on what you need to know about it: the different perspectives on translation and key issues such as equivalence in translation, translation evaluation, and the role of translation in language teaching, globalization, and intercultural communication.

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Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence, 2nd edition
Mildred L. Larson
$54.00

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Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook "Meaning-Based Translation." The textbook emphasizes the importance of a translation being accurate, clear and natural and the exercises give the student practice in achieving this goal. The exercises follow closely the content of the textbook since this is a drill manual for added practice. The textbook has some exercises as well, but the workbook provides additional practice from one basic source, thus giving students a wider variety of problems to solve during practice time. It also provides material that can be used as homework or as testing material.

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Machine Translation: Its Scope and Limits
Yorick Wilks
$45.49

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Machine Translation (MT) is both an engineering technology and a measure of all things to do with languages and computers - whenever a new theory of language or linguistics is offered, an important criteria for its success is whether or not it will improve machine translation. This book presents a history of machine translation (MT) from the point of view of a major writer and innovator in the subject. It describes and contrasts a range of approaches to the challenges and problems of this remarkable technology by means of a combination of historic papers along with commentaries to update their significance, both at the time of their writing and now. This volume chronicles the evolution of conflicting approaches to MT towards a somewhat skeptical consensus on future progress. Also included is a discussion of the most recent developments in the field and prospects for the future, which have been much changed by the arrival of the World Wide Web.

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Aristotle in China: Language, Categories and Translation (Needham Research Institute Studies)
Robert Wardy
$33.45

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This book considers the relation between language and thought. Robert Wardy explores this huge topic by analyzing linguistic relativism with reference to a Chinese translation of Aristotle's Categories. He addresses some key questions, such as, do the basic structures of language shape the major thought patterns of its native speakers? Could philosophy be guided and constrained by the language in which it is done? And does Aristotle survive rendition into Chinese intact? Wardy's answers will fascinate philosophers, Sinologists, classicists, linguists and anthropologists, and make a major contribution to the scholarly literature.

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Screwed Up English: Twisted Translations of the English Language from Around the World
Charlie Croker
$0.19

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spot art throughoutHotel sign in Athens, Greece:
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily.

Menu in Bali, Indonesia:
Toes with butter and jam.

Pack of toy animals sold in Ranong, Thailand:
Be careful of being eaten by small children.

Travelers beware! As the most commonly spoken language in the world, English has reached every corner of the globe-but sometimes the message gets scrambled along the way. Explore the very best (and worst) instances of unintentional communication comedy found in street signs, on menus, and in advertising-often the result of bad translation. Screwed Up English is the perfect traveling companion that proves why you shouldn't always believe what you read.

Charlie Croker is an author and journalist, and so can be relied upon to use the right words, sometimes even in the right order. His previous books include The Little Book of Beckham and A Game of Three Halves. He has written (with the help of a spellchecker) for publications including The Times, The Independent on Sunday, and The Spectator. He lives in the United Kingdom.