Russian Translation: Theory and Practice

by Andrews; Edna

• ISBN13: 9780415473477
• ISBN10: 0415473470
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-09-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

'The materials presented in Russian Translation: Theory and practice provide a good overview of general techniques of translation, illustrated by appropriate examples and useful exercises. The book is well-structured and the notes for the tutors teaching the course are very useful. 'Marianna Taymanova, University of Durham.

Author Biography

Edna Andrews is Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology, Director of the Center for slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at Duke University, USA. Elena A. Maksimovais Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Preliminaries to translation as a process	p. 1
Preliminaries to translation as a product	p. 9
Phonological and graphic issues in translation	p. 27
Cultural issues in translation and CAM2	p. 41
Compensation and semantic shifts	p. 53
Textual genre, text types, and translation	p. 62
Morphological and grammatical issues in translation	p. 72
Literal and figurative meanings and translation	p. 83
Discourse, register, and translation issues	p. 90
Legal documents	p. 108
Scientific and academic texts	p. 120
Documents of everyday life	p. 130
The Language of computers and the internet	p. 146
Health and Medical texts	p. 153
Revising and editing TTs	p. 168
Notes	p. 181
References	p. 183
Index	p. 185
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