Library Guide for Applied Translation Studies: Books

Fusing theory with advice and information about the practicalities of translating, Becoming a Translator is the essential resource for novice and practicing translators. The book explains how the market works, helps translators learn how to translate faster and more accurately, as well as providing invaluable advice and tips about how to deal with potential problems, such as stress.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the origins and development of the English language. The passages are contextualised by individual introductions and grouped into the traditional periods of Old English, Early Middle English, Later Middle English, Early Modern English and Modern English. These periods are connected by brief essays explaining the major linguistic developments associated with each period, to produce a continuous outline history.

In Other Words has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for nearly three decades. Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics. It thus provides a solid basis for training a new generation of well-informed, critical students of translation.

This book introduces students, researchers and practitioners to the fast-developing discipline of Interpreting Studies. Written by a leading researcher in the field, Introducing Interpreting Studies covers interpreting in all its varied forms, from international conference to community-based settings, in both spoken and signed modalities.

The book promotes a discerning and critical approach to scholarly investigation by providing the reader not only with the know-how but also with insights into how new questions can be fruitfully explored through the coherent integration of different methods of research.

This major new work by Professor Newmark is a textbook and a handbook of translation for English and foreign students working alone or on courses at degree and post-graduate level.

This guide presents readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to the valuable position translation holds within literature and society. It displays the importance of translation across disciplines, and is essential reading for students and scholars of translation, literary studies, globalisation studies and ancient and modern languages.

The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentieth-century developments. With introductory essays prefacing each section, the book places a wide range of seminal and innovative readings within their thematic, cultural and historical contexts.

The hallmark of this introductory text for the mass communication/mass media course is its comprehensive coverage and authoritative use of research. The text's liberal arts perspective provides a foundation that helps students understand the essence and nature of this evolving field. Students gain a historical and contemporary framework from which to draw connections to the rest of their courses.

本书归纳了非文学翻译的特点，提出以英文写作的基本原则指导汉英翻译实践，详述如何利用传统及新兴工具辅助翻译，介绍了译文处理的基本方法，以及文化成分的翻译、翻译改写、原文纠错、批判性思维等专业译员需要掌握的高级技能，并指出法律翻译应注意的问题。全书脉络清晰，译例丰富，读者可按书索技，实用性强。