Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence

by Mildred L. Larson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461684596
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/28/1997
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	600
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Mildred L. Larson is an International Translation Consultant and International Coordinator for Academic Publications.

Editorial Reviews

Emphasizing the value of idiomatic and unconstrained language, this introductory textbook begins with an overview of the fundamental principles of translation. The rest of the chapters expand and illustrate these principles with examples from a wide range of languages<-->particularly Asian, African, and Amerindian languages. The author uses the recently established principles of text-linguistics in her explanations of the interplay of syntax, semantics, and communicative force through stress and variations of word order in the composition of a text. She also presents a thorough treatment of collocations and the semantic distortions of literal translation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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