Meaning-Based Translation A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence

Name: Meaning-Based Translation A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence
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ISBN: 9780761809715

ISBN-10: 0761809716

ISBN-13: 9780761809715

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Mildred L. Larson

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Description:

Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook Meaning-Based Translation.

Book details

List price: $87.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/28/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.19" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Overview of the Translation Task



Form and Meaning



Kinds of Translations



The Semantic Structure of Language



Implicit Meaning



Steps in a Translation Project


The Lexicon



Words as "Bundles" of Meaning



Some Relationships between Lexical Items



Discovering Meaning by Grouping and Contrast



Mismatching of Lexical Systems between Languages



Multiple Senses of Lexical Items



Figurative Senses of Lexical Items



Person Reference



Lexical Items and Situational Context



Collocation and Concordance of Lexical Items



Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Shared



Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Unknown



Special Problems in Finding Lexical Equivalents


Propositional Structure



Propositions



Case Roles within Event Propositions



Relations within State Propositions



Skewing between Propositional Structure and Clause Structure



Skewing of Illocutionary Force and Grammatical Form



Figurative Propositions/Metaphors and Similes



More on Propositional Analysis


Communication Relations



Addition and Support Relations



Orientation and Clarification Relations



Logical Relations



Stimulus-RESPONSE Roles


Texts



Groupings



Discourse Genre



Cohesion



Prominence



The Communication Situation



Information Load


The Translation Program



Establishing the Project



Translation Procedures



Testing the Translation


Bibliography


Index