The Beginning Translator's Workbook: Or The Abcs Of French To English Translation - Softcover

Jones, Michele H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761863168 ISBN 13: 9780761863168

Publisher: University Press of America, 2014

Synopsis

This workbook combines methodology and practice for beginning translators with a solid proficiency in French. It assumes a linguistic approach to the problems of translation and addresses common pitfalls, including the delineation of "translation units", word polysemy, false cognates, and structural and cultural obstacles to literal translation. The first part of the book focuses on specific strategies used by professionals to counter these problems, including transposition, modulation, equivalence, and adaptation. The second part of the book provides a global application of the techniques taught in the opening sections, guiding the student through step-by-step translations of literary and non-literary excerpts. The revised edition clarifies some of the finer points of the translation techniques introduced in the first edition, provides extra practice exercises, and offers information on a website that can be used in class.

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About the Author

Michele H. Jones was born in France where she received a Master’s Degree in English from the University of Nantes, Lower Brittany. She holds a Ph.D. in French from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, and a certificate in translation studies (legal, medical, commercial and advertising) from New York University. She has presented at the American Translation Association, a presentation published in the ATA Chronicle as “Teaching French to English Translation to Beginning Translators: a Linguistic Approach” Jan 1999 pp.50-54 She is also the author of a book on French grammar specifically intended for Anglophones “French Grammar by Charts: A Comprehensive Review”. She teaches French at St John’s University in New York City where she is also currently director of the Global Language and Culture Center .

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761863168
• ISBN 13: 9780761863168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314