In other words : a coursebook on translation / Mona Baker

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ContentsList of figures List of tablesPreface to the second edition Preface to the first editionAcknowledgements Credits 1 Introduction 1.1 About the organization of this book 1.2 Examples, back-translations and the languages of illustration Suggestions for further reading Note 2 Equivalence at word level 2.1 The word in different languages 2.2 Lexical meaning 2.3 The problem of non-equivalence Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 3 Equivalence above word level 3.1 Collocation 3.2 Idioms and fixed expressions Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 4 Grammatical equivalence 4.1 Grammatical versus lexical categories 4.2 The diversity of grammatical categories across languages 4.3 A brief note on word order 4.4 Introducing text Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 5 Textual equivalence: thematic and information structures 5.1 A Hallidayan overview of information flow 5.2 The Prague School position on information flow: functionalsentence perspective Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 1876 Textual equivalence: cohesion 6.1 Reference 6.2 Substitution and ellipsis 6.3 Conjunction 6.4 Lexical cohesion Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 7 Pragmatic equivalence 7.1 Coherence 7.2 Coherence and processes of interpretation: implicature 7.3 Coherence, implicature and translation strategies Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes 8 Semiotic equivalence 8.1 Semiotic resources and semiotic regimes 8.2 Creative deployment of semiotic resources 8.3 Translating semiotically complex materialExercises Suggestions for further reading Notes9 Beyond equivalence: ethics and morality 9.1 Ethics and morality 9.2 Professionalism, codes of ethics and the law 9.3 The ethical implications of linguistic choices 9.4 Concluding remarks Exercises Suggestions for further reading Notes Glossary References Name index Language index Subject index

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