Translation Tutorial

Author: (British) P. Newmark
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book is a significant work by Professor Peter Newmark, which won the British Applied Linguistics Association Award in 1988. It can be used as a translation textbook and study manual for undergraduate and graduate students. The book is divided into two parts. Part one comprehensively explores the topics and issues involved in translation: the translation process, text analysis, translation methods, the text as a unit of translation, translation procedures, cultural factors in translation, the application of generative grammar and componential analysis in translation, the translation of idioms, and more. The book also dedicates separate chapters to translation criticism, technical translation, literary translation, translation revision, deadlines, translation testing, and the use of reference materials. Additionally, there are sections specifically discussing the translation of puns, dialects, and ambiguity. The second part of the book consists of 13 translation exercises, designed to illustrate how to analyze texts from a translation perspective, compare semantic translation with communicative translation, and discuss translation criticism. The book also attempts to let readers experience the confusion, contradictions, and final excitement and satisfaction when undertaking difficult and challenging translations.