Translating Texts : An Introductory Coursebook on Translation and Text Formation / edited by Brian James Baer and Christopher D. Mellinger

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9780415788090

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418.02 BaeT

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Contributions Editor and Contributor Biographies Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Translating Texts Text Types: Samples with Text Analysis 2 Recipes 3 Instruction Manuals 4 Museum Guides 5 Patient Education Materials 6 News Reports 7 Business Letters Appendix A: Sample Grading Rubric Appendix B: How to Build a Corpus References Index

Summary: Clear and accessible, this textbook provides a step-by-step guide to textual analysis for beginning translators and translation students. Covering a variety of text types, including business letters, recipes, and museum guides in six languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish), this book presents authentic, research-based materials to support translation among any of these languages. Translating Texts will provide beginning translators with greater text awareness, a critical skill for professional translators. Including discussions of the key theoretical texts underlying this text-centred approach to translation and sample rubrics for (self) assessment, this coursebook also provides easy instructions for creating additional corpora for other text types and in other languages. Ideal for both language-neutral and language-specific classroom settings, this is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate-level programs in modern languages and translation.

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 15-30 November 2025, Vol. 06, Issue 31

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati General Stacks	Humanities	418.02 BaeT (11733) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy 01	Available	11733

Contributions

Editor and Contributor Biographies

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Translating Texts

Text Types: Samples with Text Analysis

2 Recipes

3 Instruction Manuals

4 Museum Guides

5 Patient Education Materials

6 News Reports

7 Business Letters

Appendix A: Sample Grading Rubric

Appendix B: How to Build a Corpus

References

Index

Clear and accessible, this textbook provides a step-by-step guide to textual analysis for beginning translators and translation students. Covering a variety of text types, including business letters, recipes, and museum guides in six languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish), this book presents authentic, research-based materials to support translation among any of these languages.

Translating Texts will provide beginning translators with greater text awareness, a critical skill for professional translators. Including discussions of the key theoretical texts underlying this text-centred approach to translation and sample rubrics for (self) assessment, this coursebook also provides easy instructions for creating additional corpora for other text types and in other languages.

Ideal for both language-neutral and language-specific classroom settings, this is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate-level programs in modern languages and translation.

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