Translator Self Training Italian: A Practical Course in Technical Translation

by Morry Sofer

Overview

Improve your Translation Skills in eight easy lessons, in areas such as news, Law, medicine,business and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781887563734
Publisher:	Schreiber Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Series:	Translators Self-Training
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1.	General
a.	Introduction	7
b.	General Comments	9
c.	Guidelines for Translating the Assignments	12
d.	Guidelines for Self-Evaluation	14
Part 1	Italian Into English
Section 2.	Assignments
a.	Assignment 1 - General	19
b.	Assignment 2 - Legal	21
c.	Assignment 3 - Technical/Scientific	26
d.	Assignment 4 - Business/Economics	29
Section 3.	Translations of Assignments and Notes
a.	Assignment 1 - Translation	32
	Assignment 1 - Notes	34
b.	Assignment 2 - Translation	36
	Assignment 2 - Notes	40
c.	Assignment 3 - Translation	42
	Assignment 3 - Notes	45
d.	Assignment 4 - Translation	46
	Assignment 4 - Notes	49
Part 2	English Into Italian
Section 2.	Assignments
a.	Assignment 1 - General	53
b.	Assignment 2 - Medical	56
c.	Assignment 3 - Mechanical/Technical	58
d.	Assignment 4 - Business/Finance	61
Section 3.	Translations of Assignments and Notes
a.	Assignment 1 - Translation	63
	Assignment 1 - Notes	66
b.	Assignment 2 - Translation	68
	Assignment 2 - Notes	70
c.	Assignment 3 - Translation	72
	Assignment 3 - Notes	75
d.	Assignment 4 - Translation	76
	Assignment 4 - Notes	78
Section 4.	Where Do We Go From Here?	79
Appendix A	Requisites for Professional Translators	83
Appendix B	Translation Techniques	87
Appendix C	Translator's Self-Evaluation	91
Appendix D	Italian Technical Dictionaries	95
Appendix E	Sources of Translation Work	97
Appendix F	Computers, Translation, and the Internet	146