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Can Theory Help Translators? : A Dialogue Between the Ivory Tower and the Wordface.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Translation Theories Explored SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (157 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317642190
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Can Theory Help Translators?DDC classification:
  • 418/.02
LOC classification:
  • P306 .C534 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Is translation theory relevant to translators' problems? (aims of theory - needs of translators - conceptual tools) -- 2. Who am I? What am I doing? (identity - metaphors for translation - history) -- 3. I translate, therefore I am not (visibility - authors - professional status) -- 4. What's it all for? (classification of purposes, types, readerships) -- 5. How do I get there? (strategies - unblocking - distancing - motivating) -- 6. Is it any good? (quality assessment - standards - norms) -- 7. Help! (translation aids - machine translation, translation memory) -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
Summary: Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Is translation theory relevant to translators' problems? (aims of theory - needs of translators - conceptual tools) -- 2. Who am I? What am I doing? (identity - metaphors for translation - history) -- 3. I translate, therefore I am not (visibility - authors - professional status) -- 4. What's it all for? (classification of purposes, types, readerships) -- 5. How do I get there? (strategies - unblocking - distancing - motivating) -- 6. Is it any good? (quality assessment - standards - norms) -- 7. Help! (translation aids - machine translation, translation memory) -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Can Theory Help Translators? is a dialogue between a theoretical scholar and a professional translator, about the usefulness (if any) of translation theory.

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