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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas Robinson |
| ISBN: | 0415300320 9780415300322 0415300339 9780415300339 |
| OCLC Number: | 51871264 |
| Notes: | Previous ed.: 1997. |
| Description: | ix, 301 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | External knowledge: the user's view -- Internal knowledge: the translator's view -- The translator as learner -- The process of translation -- Experience -- People -- Working people -- Languages -- Social networks -- Cultures -- When habit fails. |
| Responsibility: | Douglas Robinson. |
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'Absolutely up-to-date and state of the art in the practical as well as theoretical aspect of translation, this new edition of Becoming a Translator retains the strength of the first edition while offering new sections on current issues. Bright, lively and witty, the book is filled with entertaining and thoughtful examples; I would recommend it to teachers offering courses to beginning and advanced students, and to any translator who wishes to know where the field is today.' - Malcolm Hayward, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 'A very useful book...I would recommend it to students who aim at a career in translation as a valuable introduction to the profession and an initiation into the social and transactional skills which it requires.' - Mike Routledge, Royal Holloway, University of London Read more...

