Language to Language: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for by Christopher Taylor

By Christopher Taylor

Language to Language is for college kids of English/Italian translation and training translators. half One presents a theoretical historical past, interpreting the relevance of the learn of lexis, semantics, pragmatics, tradition, stylistics and style to translation. This part comprises a variety of useful examples of the way the translator's notion tactics are dropped at undergo to unravel translation difficulties in particular texts. half includes a large choice of texts ready for pre-translation research and translation right. the tactic followed is designed to demonstrate the interpretation method instead of the interpretation product. Texts are taken from numerous resources together with: literature, technical and clinical fabric, vacationer details, merchandising and advertisements, criminal contracts, enterprise letters, movie dubbing, newspapers. extra texts are then supplied for translation perform.

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Haida artists carved the faces and bodies of special 15 animals on the big logs. Totems are symbols of a person, a family, or a village. Each totem pole tells a story. C arr’s paintings are im portant because these IM11Jit iHMli a ii 20 25 30 35 wood totem poles only last about 100 years. M ost of the totem poles that Carr painted are gone. The Haida didn’t repair them. T he wood totem poles were left to nature and the weather. There is a lot of rain in the Northwest, and wood doesn’t last very long.

5. re tire __ resp ec t__ stru c tu re __ tim in g __ v erb al__ a. admire; think about in a good way b. choosing when to do something c. stop working because of age d. about words and speaking e. som ething that someone builds SCAN Guess if this is true or false. Circle a or b. Julia M organ worked on H earst Castle for 28 years, a. True b. False Scan the passage quickly to check your answer. 52 U n it 6 Julia Morgan: Architect Julia M organ loved buildings. D uring her career, she designed more than 700 structures.

Signpost__ sp irit__ stran g er__ w arn in g __ watch o v er__ I c W a. a being that is not hum an b. protect or take care of something c. a person that you do not know d. a pole with a sign telling you where you are or where to go e. som ething that tells you to be careful l ______________ Guess if this is true or false. Circle a or b. T he upper p art of the totem pole is always a spirit, a. True b. False Scan the passage quickly to check your answer. 44 U n it 5 Jangseung: Totem Poles in Korea In Korea, people place totem poles called jangseung outside their villages.

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