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Language Contact and the Future of English (Paperback): Ian MacKenzie Language Contact and the Future of English (Paperback)
Ian MacKenzie
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of nativized New Englishes, and users of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The volume begins by outlining the current position of English in the world and accounts for the differences among native and nativized varieties and ELF usages. It offers a historical perspective on the impact of language contact on English and discusses whether the lexicogrammatical features of New Englishes and ELF are shaped by imperfect learning or deliberate language change. The book also considers the consequences of writing in a second language and questions the extent to which non-native English-speaking academics and researchers should be required to conform to 'Anglo' patterns of text organization and 'English Academic Discourse.' The book then examines the converse effect of English on other languages through bilingualism and translation. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars in English language, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and language policy.

Innovation in Audio Description Research (Hardcover): Sabine Braun, Kim Starr Innovation in Audio Description Research (Hardcover)
Sabine Braun, Kim Starr
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This state-of-the-art volume covers recent developments in research on audio description, the professional practice dedicated to making audiovisual products, artistic artefacts and performances accessible to those with supplementary visual and cognitive needs. Harnessing the power of the spoken word, the projects covered in this book illustrate the value of audiovisual content descriptions not only in relation to the role of breaking down physical, cognitive and emotional barriers to entertainment, but also in informing broader media practices such as video archive retrieval, video gaming development and application software creation. The first section maps out the field, discusses key concepts in relation to new developments and illustrates their application; the second part focuses on new audiences for AD, whilst the third part covers the impact of new technologies. Throughout this book contributors focus on methodological innovation, regarding audio description as an opportunity to engage in multi-dimensional linguistic and user-experience analysis, as it intersects with and contributes to a range of other research disciplines. This book is key reading for researchers, advanced students and practitioners of audiovisual translation, media, film and performance studies, as well as those in related fields including cognition, narratology, computer vision and artificial intelligence.

Bible Translation Basics - Communicating Scripture in a Relevant Way (Hardcover): Harriet S. Hill, Ernst-August Gutt Bible Translation Basics - Communicating Scripture in a Relevant Way (Hardcover)
Harriet S. Hill, Ernst-August Gutt
R1,221 R1,030 Discovery Miles 10 300 Save R191 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Queer Theory and Translation Studies - Language, Politics, Desire (Hardcover): Brian James Baer Queer Theory and Translation Studies - Language, Politics, Desire (Hardcover)
Brian James Baer; Series edited by Michael Cronin
R4,499 Discovery Miles 44 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This groundbreaking book explores the relevance of queer theory to Translation Studies and of translation to Global Sexuality Studies. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of queer theory, this book places queer theory and Translation Studies in a productive and mutually interrogating relationship. After framing the discussion of actual and potential interfaces between queer sexuality and queer textuality, the chapters trace the transnational circulation of queer texts, focusing on the place of translation in "gay" anthologies, the packaging of queer life writing for global audiences, and the translation of lyric poetry as a distinct site of queer performativity. Baer analyzes fictional translators in literature and film, the treatment of translation in historical and ethnographic studies of sexual and linguistic others, the work of queer translators, and the reception of queer texts in translation. Including a range of case studies to exemplify key ethical issues relevant to all scholars of global sexuality and postcolonial studies, this book is essential reading for advanced students, scholars, and researchers in Translation Studies, gender and sexuality studies, and related areas.

Exploring Translation and Multilingual Text Production - Beyond Content (Hardcover): Erich Steiner, Colin Yallop Exploring Translation and Multilingual Text Production - Beyond Content (Hardcover)
Erich Steiner, Colin Yallop
R4,532 Discovery Miles 45 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The series serves to propagate investigations into language usage, especially with respect to computational support. This includes all forms of text handling activity, not only interlingual translations, but also conversions carried out in response to different communicative tasks. Among the major topics are problems of text transfer and the interplay between human and machine activities.

Mapping Spaces of Translation in Twentieth-Century Latin American Print Culture (Hardcover): Maria Constanza Guzman Mapping Spaces of Translation in Twentieth-Century Latin American Print Culture (Hardcover)
Maria Constanza Guzman
R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reflects on translation praxis in 20th century Latin American print culture, tracing the trajectory of linguistic heterogeneity in the region and illuminating collective efforts to counteract the use of translation as a colonial tool and affirm cultural production in Latin America. In investigating the interplay of translation and the Americas as a geopolitical site, Guzman Martinez unpacks the complex tensions that arise in these "spaces of translation" as embodied in the output of influential publishing houses and periodicals during this time period, looking at translation as both a concept and a set of narrative practices. An exploration of these spaces not only allows for an in-depth analysis of the role of translation in these institutions themselves but also provides a lens through which to uncover linguistic plurality and hybridity past borders of seemingly monolingual ideologies. A concluding chapter looks ahead to the ways in which strategic and critical uses of translation can continue to build on these efforts and contribute toward decolonial narrative practices in translation and enhance cultural production in the Americas in the future. This book will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies, Latin American studies, and comparative literature.

Delicious Words - East Asian Food Words in English (Hardcover): Jieun Kiaer Delicious Words - East Asian Food Words in English (Hardcover)
Jieun Kiaer
R1,666 Discovery Miles 16 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As societies across the globe are becoming increasingly interwoven at an unprecedented speed and across an impressive scope, so too is the world of food, allowing the English language to develop an ever-widening culinary vocabulary. This book examines the lives of such words in today's discourse on eating and drinking, focusing on foreign - particularly East Asian - influences on culinary terms in English, and how words are born and evolve in a modern transcultural environment. Through the lens of culinary words, this book demonstrates that foreign-origin and hybrid words, previously considered marginal, have become a main source of new imports into our daily lexicon. With case studies from Japan to Mongolia, Hong Kong to Korea, China to Vietnam, and beyond, this book examines how more and more words are becoming borderless and forming their own new global identities. By showcasing some lesser-known regional cuisines, alongside staple dishes that many of us already know and love, this book offers a wide range of examples in order to illustrate the metamorphosis of the manner in which we engage with food words. This book will be of interest to general readers, as well as those who are engaged in East Asian studies, English linguistics, intercultural communication studies, translation studies, and lexicography.

A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation - The Emergence of Social-Cultural Reality (Paperback): Kobus Marais A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation - The Emergence of Social-Cultural Reality (Paperback)
Kobus Marais
R1,408 Discovery Miles 14 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume outlines a theory of translation, set within the framework of Peircean semiotics, which challenges the linguistic bias in translation studies by proposing a semiotic theory that accounts for all instances of translation, not only interlinguistic translation. In particular, the volume explores cases of translation which does not include language at all. The book begins by examining different conceptualizations of translation to highlight how linguistic bias in translation studies and semiotics has informed these fields and their development. The volume then outlines a complexity theory of translation based on semiotics which incorporates process philosophy, semiotics, and translation theory. It posits that translation is the complex systemic process underlying semiosis, the result of which produces semiotic forms. The book concludes by looking at the implications of this conceptualization of translation on social-cultural emergence theory through an interdisciplinary lens, integrating perspectives from semiotics, social semiotics, and development studies. Paving the way for scholars to analyze translational aspects of all semiotic phenomena, this volume is essential reading for graduate students and researchers in translation studies, semiotics, multimodal studies, cultural studies, and development studies.

Applying Luhmann to Translation Studies - Translation in Society (Paperback): Sergey Tyulenev Applying Luhmann to Translation Studies - Translation in Society (Paperback)
Sergey Tyulenev
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book deals with one of the most prominent and promising developments in modern Translation Studies--the sociology of translation. Tyulenev develops an original way of applying Luhmann's Social Systems Theory to translation, viewing translation as a social-systemic boundary phenomenon. The book consists of two major parts: in the first, translation is described as a system in its own right with its systemic properties; in the second part, translation is viewed as a social subsystem and as a boundary phenomenon in the overall social system.

French for Reading and Translation (Paperback): Shannon R. Becker French for Reading and Translation (Paperback)
Shannon R. Becker
R1,242 Discovery Miles 12 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

French for Reading and Translation is a comprehensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary for those who want to learn to read and understand French, either to conduct academic research or to experience French literature in its original form. Rather than explaining every grammatical concept in tedious detail, the book gives easy-to-follow explanations followed by abundant examples and opportunities to see the language in use. It encourages readers to learn vocabulary by showing them how to break it down and how to recognize related words. It gives learners the opportunity to use various reading strategies as they apply this newfound knowledge to the French passages provided. An engaging guide that will help readers decode the intricacies of the French language, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers consulting French sources.

French for Reading and Translation (Hardcover): Shannon R. Becker French for Reading and Translation (Hardcover)
Shannon R. Becker
R4,499 Discovery Miles 44 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

French for Reading and Translation is a comprehensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary for those who want to learn to read and understand French, either to conduct academic research or to experience French literature in its original form. Rather than explaining every grammatical concept in tedious detail, the book gives easy-to-follow explanations followed by abundant examples and opportunities to see the language in use. It encourages readers to learn vocabulary by showing them how to break it down and how to recognize related words. It gives learners the opportunity to use various reading strategies as they apply this newfound knowledge to the French passages provided. An engaging guide that will help readers decode the intricacies of the French language, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers consulting French sources.

A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology (Hardcover): Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitevoerder A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology (Hardcover)
Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitevoerder
R4,486 Discovery Miles 44 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology provides students of translation and trainee translators with a real-time translation experience, with its translation platforms, management systems, and teamwork. This book is divided into seven chapters reflecting the building blocks of a project-based approach to translation technology. The first chapter identifies the core elements of translation environment tools and collaborative work methods, while Chapters 2 and 4 review the concept of translation memory and terminology databases and their purposes. Chapter 3 covers machine translation embedded in the technology, and the other chapters discuss human and technological quality assurance, digital ethics and risk management, and web-based translation management systems. Each chapter follows a common format and ends with project-based assignments. These assignments draw and build on real-time contexts, covering the consecutive steps in the workflow of large and multilingual translation projects. Reviewing the many translation technology tools available to assist the translator and other language service providers, this is an indispensable book for advanced students and instructors of translation studies, professional translators, and technology tool providers.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation (Paperback): Chris Shei, Zhao-Ming Gao The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation (Paperback)
Chris Shei, Zhao-Ming Gao
R1,890 Discovery Miles 18 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation presents expert and new research in analysing and solving translation problems centred on the Chinese language in translation. The Handbook includes both a review of and a distinctive approach to key themes in Chinese translation, such as translatability and equivalence, extraction of collocation, and translation from parallel and comparable corpora. In doing so, it undertakes to synthesise existing knowledge in Chinese translation, develops new frameworks for analysing Chinese translation problems, and explains translation theory appropriate to the Chinese context. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation is an essential reference work for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars actively researching in this area.

Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas - Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica... Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas - Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica (Paperback)
Georgina Cuadrado Esclapez
R1,456 Discovery Miles 14 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas presents the extensive range of metaphoric and metonymic terms and expressions that are commonly used within the fields of science, engineering, architecture and sport science. Compiled by a team of linguists working across a range of technical schools within the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, this practical dictionary fills a gap in the field of technical language and will be an indispensable reference for students within the fields of science, engineering or sports science seeking to work internationally and for translators and interpreters working in these specialist fields.

Corpus-Based Translation Studies - Research and Applications (Hardcover, New): Jeremy Munday, Kim Wallmach, Alet Kruger Corpus-Based Translation Studies - Research and Applications (Hardcover, New)
Jeremy Munday, Kim Wallmach, Alet Kruger
R5,267 Discovery Miles 52 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a collection of leading research within corpus-based translation studies (CTS). CTS is now recognized as a major paradigm that has transformed analysis within the discipline of translation studies. It can be defined as the use of corpus linguistic technologies to inform and elucidate the translation process, something that is increasingly accessible through advances in computer technology. The book pulls together a wide range of perspectives from respected authors in the field. All the chapters deal with the implementation of the basic concepts and methodologies, providing the reader with practical tools for their own research. The book addresses key issues in corpus analysis, including online corpora and corpus construction, and covers both translation and interpreting. The authors look at various languages and utilize a variety of approaches, qualitative and quantitative, reflecting the breadth of the field and providing many valuable examples of the methodology at work.

Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages (Hardcover, New edition): Montse Corrius, Eva Espasa, Patrick... Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages (Hardcover, New edition)
Montse Corrius, Eva Espasa, Patrick Zabalbeascoa
R1,288 Discovery Miles 12 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages addresses the challenges involved in translating multilingualism in film and TV fiction. It shows the complexity of fictional characters "speaking in tongues" in different genres and for different audiences. It includes individual contributions and team project work on a range of audiovisual translation modes, such as dubbing, subtitling and audio description. The types of products analyzed go from musicals to detective stories, including comedy, adventure and drama. The methodologies embrace case studies, corpus studies and reception studies. This book also allows the profession to let its voice be heard, through interviews and discussions with film-makers, producers, actors and translators working with audiovisual multilingualism.

Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong - Challenges and Interactions in Chinese Regions (Paperback): Clara... Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong - Challenges and Interactions in Chinese Regions (Paperback)
Clara Ho-Yan Chan
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong presents a systematic account from a cross-disciplinary perspective of the activities of legal translation and bilingual law drafting in the bilingual international city of Hong Kong and its interaction with Mainland China and Taiwan in the use of legal terminology. The study mainly examines the challenges posed to English-Chinese translation in the past three decades by elaborate drafting and terminological equivalence, and offers educational and research solutions. Its primary goals are to create legal Chinese that naturally accommodates common law concepts and statutes from the English legal system and to reconcile Chinese legal terms from the different legal systems adopted by Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. The new directions in legal translation and bilingual law drafting in Hong Kong will have implications for other Chinese regions and for the world. The book is intended for scholars, researchers, teachers and students of legal translation and legal linguistics, legal translators, lawyers and legal practitioners who are engaged in translation, as well as all persons who are interested in legal language and legal translation.

Interpreting in a Changing World: New Scenarios, Technologies, Training Challenges and Vulnerable Groups La interpretacion en... Interpreting in a Changing World: New Scenarios, Technologies, Training Challenges and Vulnerable Groups La interpretacion en un mundo cambiante: nuevos escenarios, tecnologias, retos formativos y grupos vulnerables. (English, Spanish, Hardcover, New edition)
Encarnacion Postigo Pinazo
R1,200 Discovery Miles 12 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collective volume, with contributions from renowned authors, aims to analyse crucial issues in the field of community interpreting at the present time. It addresses the challenges in the field of health, disability, conflict zones, the use of technologies and the incorporation into the training of topics related to environments of vulnerability. The works contained in the volume are the result of recent work in the academic, professional and research projects. Este volumen colectivo, que cuenta con contribuciones de autores de reconocido prestigio, tiene como objetivo analizar tematicas cruciales en ambito de la interpretacion comunitaria en el momento presente. Se abordan los retos en el ambito de la salud, la discapacidad, las zonas de conflicto, el uso de las tecnologias y la incorporacion en la formacion de tematicas relacionadas con entornos de vulnerabilidad. Los trabajos que contiene el volumen son fruto de trabajos recientes en el ambito academico, profesional y en el seno de proyectos de investigacion .

On Aesthetic and Cultural Issues in Pragmatic Translation - Based on the Translation of Brand Names and Brand Slogans... On Aesthetic and Cultural Issues in Pragmatic Translation - Based on the Translation of Brand Names and Brand Slogans (Paperback)
Xiuwen Feng
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on the cross-cultural advertising communication and aesthetic issues of brands and brand slogans. Based on the pragmatic translating theories and case studies of a few classic brand translations, the book puts forward the Three Aesthetic Principles of translating brands. The book special features the cultural in addition to the business aspect of introducing China Time-honored Brands to foreign markets. Readers will learn about the great importance of the aesthetic issues and cultural communications in translating brands and brand slogans through this book.

Translation as Social Action - Russian and Bulgarian Perspectives (Paperback): Palma Zlateva Translation as Social Action - Russian and Bulgarian Perspectives (Paperback)
Palma Zlateva
R1,116 Discovery Miles 11 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1993, Translation as Social Action is a varied collection of essays, which addresses translation as social action as its central theme, the book proposes a model of the translator as an agent in his or her own right. Translation is seen not just as a transfer of meanings from one language to another, but rather as an arena in which different cultures meet in the person of the translator. This perspective provides a complete contrast to Western translation studies, concerned with whether or not translation is really possible. Together the essays reveal a distinct tradition grappling with the most important topics in translation studies in ways that are different and challenging. The collection is essential reading for translation studies, as well as providing an interesting perspective on comparative literature and Eastern European studies.

Scandinavia Through Sunglasses - Spaces of Cultural Exchange Between Southern/Southeastern Europe and Nordic Countries... Scandinavia Through Sunglasses - Spaces of Cultural Exchange Between Southern/Southeastern Europe and Nordic Countries (Paperback, New Ed)
Elizaveta Khachaturyan, Alvaro Llosa Sanz
R1,287 Discovery Miles 12 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hermeneutic Philosophies of Social Science (Hardcover): Babette Babich Hermeneutic Philosophies of Social Science (Hardcover)
Babette Babich
R3,990 Discovery Miles 39 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hermeneutic philosophies of social science offer an approach to the philosophy of social science foregrounding the human subject and including attention to history as well as a methodological reflection on the notion of reflection, including the intrusions of distortions and prejudice. Hermeneutic philosophies of social science offer an explicit orientation to and concern with the subject of the human and social sciences. Hermeneutic philosophies of the social science represented in the present collection of essays draw inspiration from Gadamer's work as well as from Paul Ricoeur in addition to Michel de Certeau and Michel Foucault among others. Special attention is given to Wilhelm Dilthey in addition to the broader phenomenological traditions of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger as well as the history of philosophy in Plato and Descartes. The volume is indispensible reading for students and scholars interested in epistemology, philosophy of science, social social studies of knowledge as well as social studies of technology.

Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover): J. House Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover)
J. House
R3,324 Discovery Miles 33 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practice of translation is a field of rapidly growing international importance. World-renowned experts offer new and multidisciplinary insights on this subject, viewing translation as social action and intercultural communication, and as a phenomenon of languages in contact and a socio-cognitive process.

Rethinking Translation - Discourse, Subjectivity, Ideology (Paperback): Lawrence Venuti Rethinking Translation - Discourse, Subjectivity, Ideology (Paperback)
Lawrence Venuti
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1992 Rethinking Translation makes the translator's activity more visible by using critical theory. It examines the selection of the foreign text and the implementation of translation strategies; the reception of the translated text, and the theories of translation offered by philosophers, critics and translators themselves. The book constitutes a rethinking that is both philosophical and political, taking into account social and ideological dimensions, as well as questions of language and subjectivity. Covering a number of genres and national literatures, this collection of essays demonstrates the power wielded by translators in the formation of literary canons and cultural identities, and recognises the appropriative and imperialist movements in every act of translation.

Translation and Hegel's Philosophy - A Transformative, Socio-narrative Approach to A.V. Miller's Cold-War... Translation and Hegel's Philosophy - A Transformative, Socio-narrative Approach to A.V. Miller's Cold-War Retranslations (Hardcover)
David Charlston
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume engages with translations of philosophy as complex, socially structured narratives bound by emotional, political and philosophical connections, exploring these dynamics at work in A.V. Miller's Hegel translations and retranslations published between 1969 and 1986. The book contextualises Miller's lifelong commitment to Hegel and builds on this narrative to lay the foundations for its socio-narrative, Bourdieusian and feminist theoretical frameworks, applied to the texts and paratexts of Miller's six retranslations. The volume's plurifocal sociological approach both illuminates the role of translators and publishers of philosophy in the "great transformation" of political liberalism and subsequently seeks to transform understanding about the ethical responsibilities of translators of philosophy in communicating values of diversity and change in political thinking. In highlighting the value of sociologically-grounded analyses of translations of philosophical works, this book is key reading for students and scholars in translation studies, German studies, continental and feminist-informed philosophies.

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