Where Theory and Practice Meet

Where Theory and Practice Meet
Author: Laurence Wong
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2016-08-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1443899127

Where Theory and Practice Meet is a collection of nineteen papers in translation studies. Unlike many similar books published in recent decades, which are mostly non-translation-oriented, veering to issues with little or no relevance to translation, this book focuses on the translation process, on theory formulation with reference to actual translation, on getting to grips with translation problems, and on explaining translation in language which can be understood by the general reader. Perceptive and wide-ranging, the book covers language pairs that include Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Classical Greek, and discusses, among other things, translations of Dante’s La Divina Commedia; translations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Goethe’s “Prometheus” as a case of untranslatability; the challenge of translating Garcilaso de la Vega’s “Primera Égloga” into Chinese; John Minford’s translation of martial arts fiction; and Lin Shu’s translation of Alexandre Dumas’s La Dame aux camélias.

Thus Burst Hippocrene

Thus Burst Hippocrene
Author: Laurence Wong
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2019-01-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527526151

Thus Burst Hippocrene: Studies in the Olympian Imagination is a collection of nine papers in comparative literature. Discussing the greatest Olympians in world literature, including Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Li Bo, Du Fu, and the Bible authors, it is both daring in conception and wide-ranging in scope. Freely drawing on the author’s knowledge of Classical Greek, Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, English, and Chinese as well as on his conversance with the literatures of these languages, the papers are truly comparative, making discoveries unique to the author’s characteristic multi-lingual, multi-cultural approach. In going through the book, the reader will be pleasantly surprised by its originality, by its amazing depth and breadth, and by the new light it sheds on topics that are of interest to scholars and students of comparative literature. Written in lucid language with no pretentious jargon, it will also appeal to the general reader who picks up a book simply for the joy of reading or for horizon-broadening without tears.

Reference Sources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries, Eighth Edition

Reference Sources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries, Eighth Edition
Author: Jack O'Gorman
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838912125

Focusing on new reference sources published since 2008 and reference titles that have retained their relevance, this new edition brings O’Gorman’s complete and authoritative guide to the best reference sources for small and medium-sized academic and public libraries fully up to date. About 40 percent of the content is new to this edition. Containing sources selected and annotated by a team of public and academic librarians, the works included have been chosen for value and expertise in specific subject areas. Equally useful for both library patrons and staff, this resource Covers more than a dozen key subject areas, including General Reference; Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics; Psychology and Psychiatry; Social Sciences and Sociology; Business and Careers; Political Science and Law; Education; Words and Languages; Science and Technology; History; and Performing Arts Encompasses database products, CD-ROMs, websites, and other electronic resources in addition to print materials Includes thorough annotations for each source, with information on author/editor, publisher, cost, format, Dewey and LC classification numbers, and more Library patrons will find this an invaluable resource for current everyday topics. Librarians will appreciate it as both a reference and collection development tool, knowing it’s backed by ALA’s long tradition of excellence in reference selection.

The Global Translator's Handbook

The Global Translator's Handbook
Author: Morry Sofer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1589797590

A practical guide to translation as a profession, this book provides everything translators need to know, from digital equipment to translation techniques, dictionaries in over seventy languages, and sources of translation work. It is the premier sourcebook for all linguists, used by both beginners and veterans, and its predecessor, The Translator's Handbook, has been praised by some of the world's leading translators, such as Gregory Rabassa and Marina Orellana.

Nowhere Countries: Exclusion of Non-Citizens from Rights through Extra-Territoriality at Home

Nowhere Countries: Exclusion of Non-Citizens from Rights through Extra-Territoriality at Home
Author: Pauline Maillet
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004383506

In Nowhere Countries: Exclusion of Non-Citizens from Rights through Extra-Territoriality at Home, Pauline Maillet offers a new theoretical framework to understand the mechanisms by which non-citizens are excluded from the rights attached to sovereign territory when arriving at states’ borders. Initiated in Charles de Gaulle airport, the analysis encompasses similar cases in countries other than France. This interdisciplinary study traces how some liberal democracies create spaces construed as extra-territorial on their own soil to circumvent obligations owed to sea or airborne asylum seekers under the Refugee Convention and its Protocol. How do states make their territory vanish to prevent asylum seekers’ arrival? Using a combination of legal analysis and ethnography, this book identifies the legal techniques, enforcement practices and mental landscapes that have sustained nowhere countries.

Dictionary of Dictionaries and Eminent Encyclopedias

Dictionary of Dictionaries and Eminent Encyclopedias
Author: Thomas Kabdebo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1997
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Enlarged by some 50 percent and equipped with more comprehensive name and subject indexes, the second edition of this unique guide contains bibliographic and descriptive annotations for 8,000 dictionaries. It features 1,500 additional bilingual works, 400 new subject categories, and all the major electronic dictionaries produced in English. While the primary emphasis is on language dictionaries, subject dictionaries on topics as varied as ceramics, bookbinding, and theatre as well as dictionaries issued by international bodies and agencies are included. Covering all the world's languages, works may be bilingual, monolingual, or multilingual as long as there is an English element.

Harrap's Unabridged Dictionary/dictionnaire: English-French, anglais-français

Harrap's Unabridged Dictionary/dictionnaire: English-French, anglais-français
Author: Harrap
Publisher: Chambers Harrap Pub. Limited
Total Pages: 1592
Release: 2007
Genre: English language
ISBN:

Le dictionnaire de toutes les traductions : 230 000 mots et expressions, 410 000 traductions ; Un panorama inégalé de la variété de l'anglais : niveaux de langue, vocabulaire de spécialité, spécificités régionales, etc. Un accès entièrement guidé vers la bonne traduction : indicateurs de sens, nombreux exemples, informations grammaticales intégrées aux entrées ; Une mise en page conçue pour faciliter la consultation : texte en deux couleurs, pictogrammes, sommaires en tête des articles longs. De nombreuses aides à la traduction et à la compréhension des références culturelles : Plus de 250 encadrés encyclopédiques pour expliquer des termes liés à la culture ; Exclusif : 120 notes explicatives sur les allusions et les citations courantes ; Exclusif : plus de 600 titres d'œuvres d'art traduits ; De nombreux suppléments à dimension encyclopédique : chronologie historique du monde anglophone, tableaux comparatifs détaillés sur les divisions administratives. Une nouvelle édition encore plus riche : Ajout de plusieurs milliers de termes : néologie, termes spécialisés ; Couverture élargie des différentes variétés d'anglais dans le monde ; Plus de 50 encadrés pour construire de nouveaux mots à partir des préfixes et suffixes courants ; Enrichissement des suppléments : actualisation du guide de communication, ajout de tableaux comparatifs entre les systèmes judiciaires français et anglo-saxons