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1	When Red Is Black more books like this by Qiu Xiaolong add to wishlist "[Qiu] has moved from the poetic, exotic milieu of his first book (although plenty of elements remain) into a tougher, wider, probably more commercial and modern version of China as seen by America."--"Chicago Tribune." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Translation Studies Reader more books like this by Lawrence Venuti (Editor) add to wishlist In this, the first comprehensive reader in translation studies, Lawrence Venuti guides the reader through the varying approaches to translation studies in the latter half of the twentieth century. Chronologically ordered and divided into clear sections, Venuti has gathered key essays, articles and book extracts together in one definitive volume, ... see all copies from $34.73! new only from $43.23! \| SVS
3	Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language more books like this by Douglas R Hofstadter add to wishlist Douglas Hofstadterauthor of the Pulitzer Prizewinner Gdel, Escher, Bach and a select group of translators, as well as three computer programs, translate a short poem by sixteenth-century French poet Clment Marot from its native tongue into English. In analyzing these translations, each distinct and delightful in its own right, translation becomes ... see all copies from $2.93! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications more books like this by Jeremy Munday add to wishlist This introductory textbook provides an accessible overview of the key contributions to translation theory. Munday explores each theory chapter-by-chapter and tests the different approaches by applying them to texts. The texts discussed are taken from a broad range of languages - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Punjabi, Portuguese and ... see all copies from $28.27! new only from $28.27! \| SVS
5	After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation more books like this by Mr. George Steiner add to wishlist In this book--considered by many a modern classic on translation--Steiner proposes that a language creates a core of common knowledge among its speakers, and that this knowledge is inaccessible to non-speakers. Translation, then, raises questions not only of diction and grammar but of epistemology and phenomenology. see all copies from $3.31! new only from $13.58! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Translator more books like this by John Crowley add to wishlist Writer Crowley has gained a solid reputation for his erudite and compelling novels that mix elements of fantasy with plotlines that might be familiar to readers of Updike and Cheever. In this departure from his fantasy roots, Crowley focuses on the events that led to the Cuban missile crisis. Kit and her brother, Ben, have lived an itinerant life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu more books like this by Mr. John Felstiner add to wishlist What goes into the translating of a poem? Usually that process gets forgotten once the new poem stands intact in translation. Yet a verse translation derives from historical, biographical, and philosophical research, interpretive analysis of the original poem, and continuous linguistic and prosodic choices that parallel those the poet made. ... see all copies from $3.87! new only from $19.71! \| first editions
8	The Translator's Handbook more books like this by Morry Sofer add to wishlist Everything an aspiring as well as an experienced translator needs to know -- from translation techniques to Internet sites for translators, from dictionaries to work sources. Now in its fourth revised edition, this book has been popular since 1997 with translators world-wide. Develop you own language and writing skills in the translation field. ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $16.28! \| SVS
9	The Craft of Translation more books like this by John Biguenet (Editor), Rainer Schulte (Editor) add to wishlist These essays by distinguished translators offer insight into the demands of their art: the comprehensive scholarship to prepare to translate a work and the broad creativity needed to recreate the text in a new language. see all copies from $6.56! new only from $17.71! \| SVS
10	The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation more books like this by Dennis Tedlock add to wishlist see all copies from $3.62! new only from $20.87! \| SVS
11 view cover	Translating Literature more books like this by Andre Lefevere add to wishlist Designed for the growing number of courses on literary translation, Translating Literature discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating both practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion on the role translations play in the evolution and interpretation of literatures. Exercises and examples highlight ... see all copies from $6.91! new only from $18.65!
12 view cover	Theories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays from Dryden to Derrida more books like this by John Biguenet (Editor), Rainer Schulte (Editor) add to wishlist Spanning the centuries, from the seventeenth to the twentieth, and ranging across cultures, from England to Mexico, this collection gathers together important statements on the function and feasibility of literary translation. The essays provide an overview of the historical evolution in thinking about translation and offer strong individual ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $10.78! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Ear of the Other: Otobiography, Transference, Translation more books like this by Professor Jacques Derrida, Christie McDonald (Editor), Avital Ronell (Translator) add to wishlist "Originally published in French in 1982, this collection is a good representation of the range of Derrida's working styles."--South Atlantic Review see all copies from $6.95! new only from $13.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Interpreting as a Discourse Process more books like this by Cynthia B Roy add to wishlist This book studies interpreting between languages as a discourse process and as about managing ccommunication between two people who do not speak a common language. Roy examines the turn exchanges of a face-to-face interpreted event in order to offer a definition of interpreted events, describe the process of taking turns with an interpreter, and ... see all copies from $53.54! new only from $53.54! \| SVS
15	The Craft & Context of Translation more books like this by William Arrowsmith (Editor), Roger Shattuck (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.18! first editions
16 view cover	In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation more books like this by Mona Baker, Baker Mona add to wishlist This bestselling coursebook addresses the need for a systematic approach to training in translation studies by drawing on key areas in modern linguistic theory and relating them systematically to a number of translation problems and strategies. The strategies are identified by an examination of authentic examples of translated texts in a variety ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $28.51! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Translation Zone: A New Comparative Literature more books like this by Emily Apter add to wishlist Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In "The Translation Zone", Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe ... see all copies from $26.95! new only from $26.95!
18 view cover	What is World Literature? more books like this by David Damrosch add to wishlist World literature was long defined in North America as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged both this European focus and the very category of "the masterpiece." The first book to look broadly at the contemporary scope and purposes of world literature, "What Is World Literature?" probes the ... see all copies from $28.32! new only from $28.32! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Poetics of Translation: History, Theory, Practice more books like this by Willis Barnstone add to wishlist This text explores the history and theory of literary translation as an art form. Arguing that literary translation goes beyond the transfer of linguistic information, the book emphasizes that imaginative originality resides as much in the translation as in the source text - a view that skews conventional ideas of artistic primacy. Barnstone ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $23.50!
20 view cover	The Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction more books like this by Suzanne Jill Levine add to wishlist A classic study of the art of translation from one of our greatest translators. see all copies from $6.45! new only from $10.56! \| SVS
21 view cover	Tokens of Exchange - PB more books like this by Lydia H Liu (Editor), Lydia H Liu (Editor), Stanley Fish (Editor) add to wishlist The problem of translation has become increasingly central to critical reflections on modernity and its universalising processes. Approaching translation as a symbolic or material exchange among peoples and civilisations - and not as a purely linguistic or literary matter, the essays in "Tokens of Exchange" focus on China and its interactions with ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.54! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English: Volume 3: 1660-1790 more books like this by Professor Stuart Gillespie (Editor), David Hopkins (Editor) add to wishlist Volume 3 of the Oxford History of Literary Translation in English, the first of the five to appear, lies at the chronological centre of the History, and explores in full breadth both the rich tradition of translated literature in English, and its centrality to the 'native' tradition. Quite independently of their wider impact, the translations of ... see all copies from $52.00! new only from $173.45! \| first editions \| SVS
23	The Professional Sign Language Interpreter's Handbook: The Complete, Practical Manual for the Interpreting Profession more books like this by Linda Humphreys add to wishlist see all copies from $104.00!
24 view cover	Translation Power Subversion more books like this by Roman Alvarez Rodriguez add to wishlist This is a study of the relationship between translation, culture and counterculture, presenting a political and ideological vision of translating. Offering an approach to the cultural turn in Translation Studies at the end of the century, the book endeavours to explore the closer links between cultural studies and translation. It presents the ... see all copies from $22.91! new only from $30.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Translation Studies more books like this by Susan Bassnett add to wishlist In Translation Studies Susan Bassnett tackles the crucial problems of translation and offers a history of translation theory, beginning with the ancient Romans and encompassing key twentieth-century structuralist work. She then explores specific problems of literary translation through a close, practical analysis of texts, and concludes with ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $24.69! \| SVS

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