Full Description
This volume is a textbook for aspiring translators of Japanese into English, as well as a reference work for professional Japanese-English translators and for translator educators. Underpinned by sound theoretical principles, it provides a solid foundation in the practice of Japanese-English translation, then extends this to more advanced levels. Features include:
13 thematic chapters, with subsections that explore common pitfalls and challenges facing Japanese-English translators and the pros and cons of different procedures
exercises after many of these subsections
abundant examples drawn from a variety of text types and genres and translated by many different translators
This is an essential resource for postgraduate students of Japanese-English translation and Japanese language, professional Japanese-English translators and translator educators. It will also be of use and interest to advanced undergraduates studying Japanese.
Contents
Contents
1 Words
2 Word Groups and Figurative Language
3 Names
4 Numbers
5 Technicalities
6 Recurring Grammatical Issues
7 Rhetorical Hedging and Indirectness
8 Register, Tone, Emphasis, Repetition and Parallelism
9 The Spoken Word
10 Non-standard Varieties of Language
11 Languages Interacting
12 Translators at Play
13 Discourse-level Issues
