Papers in translation studies / edited by Sattar Izwaini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Izwaini, Sattar, editor.

Series:

Studies in language and translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents cutting-edge research in translation studies, offering stimulating discussions on translation and providing fresh perspectives on the field. Papers in Translation Studies features a selection of papers originally authored for this volume, addressing a variety of issues from different points of view and offering interesting contributions to the critical literature of the field. The volume provides useful resources that will be of great benefit for academics, students and practitioners. The contributions to this book promote research on translation theory and practice, and suggest ways of dealing with translation problems. The volume chapters are written by researchers from around the world, and consider various different languages and contexts. Areas of investigation include contrastive linguistics and translation, corpus-based translation studies, natural language processing, machine translation, and translator training.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I

THE INFLUENCE OF CONTEXTON THE TRANSLATION OF MODAL PARTICLES

THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY IN TRANSLATION

TURKISH TRANSLATIONS OF HAMLET

TRANSLATING FOR MINORITIES IN WALES

PART II

EXPLORING SOCIAL TRANSLATIONAND ETHICS IN THE CLASSROOM

ASSESSING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS'APTITUDE FOR SIMULTANEOUSINTERPRETATION

PART III

INFLUENCE OF TRANSLATIONON MODERN CHINESE

TRACING ENGLISH EQUIVALENTSOF BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESECOOKING VOCABULARY

IMPROVING NAMED ENTITY TRANSLATIONBY EXPLOITING NOISY PARALLEL CORPORA

A NEW TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY

OBSTACLES FACING ARABICMACHINE TRANSLATION

CONTRIBUTORS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).

OCLC:

907221198