English-French Translation
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| ISBN13: | 9781138838802 |
| ISBN10: | 1138838802 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 214 pages |
| Size: | 234x156 mm |
| Weight: | 435 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 13 Illustrations, black & white; 10 Halftones, black & white; 3 Line drawings, black & white; 4 Tables, black & white |
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English-French Translation: A Practical Manual allows advanced learners of French to develop their translation and writing skills. This book provides a deeper understanding of French grammatical structures, the nuances of different styles and registers and helps increase knowledge of vocabulary and idiomatic language.
English-French Translation: A Practical Manual allows advanced learners of French to develop their translation and writing skills. This book provides a deeper understanding of French grammatical structures, the nuances of different styles and registers and helps increase knowledge of vocabulary and idiomatic language.
The manual provides a wealth of practical tasks based around carefully selected extracts from the diverse text types students are likely to encounter, from literary and expository, to persuasive and journalistic. A mix of shorter targeted activities and lengthier translation pieces guides learners through the complexities and challenges of translation from English into French.
This comprehensive manual is ideal for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in French language and translation.
1. Le mot juste 2. Transposition and Modulation 3. Translating Sentences: Word Order and Syntax 4. A Tense Affair 5. Traduttore, traditore! 6. The Perils of Poetry 7. Audiovisual Translation
