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Books on Translation
- The Routledge Guide to Teaching Translation and Interpreting Online by Cristiano Mazzei; Laurence Jay-Rayon Ibrahim AiboCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2022Suggestions for the development of curriculum and course design in addition to online tools that can be used in skill-building activities, and adaptable to specific instructional needs.
- Improving the Emotional Intelligence of Translators : A Roadmap for an Experimental Training Intervention by Séverine Hubscher-Davidson; Caroline LehrCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2021Outlines the key components of an 18-hour training intervention aiming to improve translators' emotional competencies
- The Routledge Handbook of Translation History by Christopher Rundle (Editor)Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2021Comprehensive overview of this multi-faceted disciplinary area serving as both an introduction to carrying out research into translation and interpreting history and as a key point of reference for some of its main theoretical and methodological issues, interdisciplinary approaches, and research themes.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies by Mona Baker (Editor); Gabriela Saldanha (Editor)Call Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2019Critical overviews of topics such as authorship, canonization, conquest, cosmopolitanism, crowdsourced translation, dubbing, fan audiovisual translation, genetic criticism, healthcare interpreting, hybridity, intersectionality, legal interpreting, media interpreting, memory, multimodality, nonprofessional interpreting, note-taking, orientalism, paratexts, thick translation. Includes annotated references.
- Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices by Sara Laviosa (Editor); Meng Ji (Editor)Call Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2020Draws on a wide array of case studies from all over the world to demonstrate the value of different forms of translation - written, oral, audiovisual. Written by international scholars and professional translators applying translation studies methods to a wide range of fields.
- The Dark Side of Translation by Federico Italiano (Editor)Call Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2020Propaganda, misinformation, narratives of trauma and imagery of the enemy show patterns of communication in which translation either functions as a weapon or constitutes a space of conflict.
- A Companion to Translation Studies by Sandra Bermann; Catherine Porter (Editor)Call Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2014Introduction to the rapidly expanding field of translation studies, bringing together some of the best recent scholarship .
- The Art of Translation by Jirí Levý; Patrick Corness (Translator); Zuzana Jettmarová (Editor)Call Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2011Levý's seminal work, The Art of Translation, considered a timeless classic in Translation Studies, is now available in English.
- Borges and Translation: The Irreverence of the Periphery by Sergio WaismanCall Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2005Also in print: PQ7797.B635 Z949 2005
Argentina and translation : delineating a cultural context -- Borges on translation : the development of a theory -- Writing as translation -- The aesthetics of irreverence : mistranslating from the margins -- Borges reads Joyce : a meeting at the limits of translation. - Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English by Olive Classe (Editor)Call Number: PN241 .E56 2000 (two volumes)Publication Date: 2000
- Handbook of Spanish-English Translation by Lucia V. ArandaCall Number: PC4498 .A69 2007Publication Date: 2007
- Iberian Studies on Translation and Interpreting by Isabel García Izquierdo; Esther Monzó (Editor)Call Number: P306.8.I3 I24 2012Publication Date: 2012This volume gathers contributions representing the main trends in translation and interpreting studies by authors in the Iberian peninsula, with a focus on the Iberian languages (Basque, Catalan, Portuguese/Galician and Spanish).
- Literary Translation: A Practical Guide by Clifford E. LandersCall Number: E-BookPublication Date: 2001Both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language.
- Literary Translation and the Rediscovery of Reading by Clive ScottCall Number: PN241 .S36 2012Publication Date: 2012Introduction -- 1. Reading and translation -- 2. Reading: voice and rhythm -- 3. Translating the textual environment (1) -- 4. Translating the textual environment (2) -- 5. Translating the acousticity of voice -- 6. Free verse and the translation of rhythm -- 7. The reinvention of the literary in literary translation -- 8. Writing and overwriting the sound of the city -- Epilogue: portrait of a reader: Malcolm Bowie in search of the critical interworld.
- Literary Translation in Russia; A Cultural History by Maurice FriedbergCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 1997Also in print: PN241.5 .R8 F75 1997
- The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation by Lawrence VenutiCall Number: P306.2 .V46 2008Publication Date: 2008Routledge Translation Classics series
Provides an account of the history of translation from the 17th century to the present day, showing how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape the canon of foreign literatures in English. - Revising and Editing for Translators by Brian MossopCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2019 4th editionProvides guidance and learning materials for translation students and professional translators learning to revise the work of others or edit original writing, and those wishing to improve their self-revision ability. Revising and editing are seen as reading skills aimed at spotting problematic passages.
- Thinking Spanish Translation : A Course in Translation Method, Spanish to English by Louise Haywood; Sándor Hervey; Michael Thompson; Sándor HerveyCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2009Comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation for advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved.
- A Comparative Study on the Translation of Detective Stories from a Systemic Functional Perspective by Wang, YanCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2020
- An Introduction to Arabic Translation Translator Training and Translation Practice by Hussein Abdul-RaofCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2022Combining theory and practice, this book is a model for Arabic translation and prepares students for the translation industry.
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- WorldCat (OCLC) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive online catalog of library holdings locally and worldwide. Lists books, journals, maps, recordings, films, scores, open access resources, and other materials from academic, public, corporate, and specialized libraries. Get It For Me button allows you to request to borrow an item.
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (ulrichsweb.com) This link opens in a new windowThe standard source for publisher information on popular and academic journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and other periodicals. Worldwide coverage of all subjects. Indicates whether a journal is refereed (peer reviewed) and open access. Includes information on active and ceased periodicals, as well as monographic (book) series. Provides reviews for many titles.
- Index Translationum - World Bibliography of TranslationSearch by author, title, translator, language, country, publisher etc. 1979-