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1	Prayers of the Cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus's Words more books like this by Neil Douglas-Klotz, Matthew Fox (Foreword by) add to wishlist Reinterpreting the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz offers a radical new translation of the words of Jesus Christ that reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ. see all copies from $2.19! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
2	En Otras Palabras: Perfeccionamiento del Espanol Por Medio de la Traduccion more books like this by Patricia V Lunn, Ernest J Lunsford add to wishlist Students in advanced Spanish courses come from many backgrounds, but they share a desire to use the language. Translation (traduccion), as used in "En otras palabras", is an activity that combines the intellectual with the practical: in order to produce an acceptable translation, students must focus their attention on lexical and grammatical ... see all copies from $15.39! new only from $15.39! \| SVS
3	Latin Readings for Review: Elementary Latin Translation Book more books like this by A E Hillard, C G Botting, Donald Hoffman add to wishlist This graded reader may be used as a supplement to first-year Latin texts or as a review tool. Each review features two readings that acquaint the student with the chief events of Roman history and stories from Greek mythology. An outline of grammar eliminates the need to consult other sources. see all copies from $10.16! new only from $39.54!
4	English-Arabic/Arabic-English Translation: A Practical Guide more books like this by Basil Hatim add to wishlist Unlike other translation manuals available, "English-Arabic/Arabic-English Translation: A Practical Guide" transcends crude dichotomies of 'literal' vs 'free' translation, 'specialized' vs 'general', 'communicative' vs 'semantic', etc and concentrates instead on developing in the student a sensitivity to text-types and a deeper understanding of ... see all copies from $14.40! new only from $16.09! \| first editions \| SVS
5	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 $24.95! \| first editions
6	Translating Native Latin American Verbal Art more books like this by Kay Sammons, Joel Sherzer add to wishlist see all copies from $4.20! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
7	Spanish False Friends and Other Traps: A Guide to Translating English Into/From Spanish more books like this by Raul Galer add to wishlist What are 'false friends'? In Spanish, the word 'actual' is spelled the same as in English but has a completely different meaning. These 'false friends' share the same etymology but their historical development has diverged and today they are not synonymous. Numerous examples of these perplexing cognates are given in this Glossary to help ... see all copies from $13.76! new only from $14.82! \| SVS
8	On the Translation of Native American Literatures more books like this by Brian Swann (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
9	Translating the Garden more books like this by M R Ghanoonparvar add to wishlist Translating a work of literature from one language to another is an art form, in which the translated work becomes a "conduit" through which the reader of one language may pass into the cultural world of another. For the translator, the process of translation offers an intimate experience of the text that is perhaps unavailable even to the author. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions
10	The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation more books like this by Peter France add to wishlist Translation has been a crucial process in world culture over the past two millennia and more. In the English-speaking cultures many of the most important texts are translations, from Homer to Beckett, the Bible to Freud. Although recent years have seen a boom in translation studies, there has been no comprehensive yet convenient guide to this ... see all copies from $24.51! new only from $40.90! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Tokyo Central: A Memoir more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist Edward Seidensticker's translations have introduced two generations of English-language audiences to the masterpieces of classical and modern Japanese literature. His patient rendering of novels ranging from the eleventh-century Tale of Genji to works of such modern masters as Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima, and Nobel Prize winner Yasunari ... see all copies from $15.00! first editions
12 view cover	Homer's Iliad: A Commentary on the Translation of Richmond Lattimore more books like this by Norman Postlethwaite (Editor) add to wishlist An introduction for the general reader, as well as for the student of classics, to one of the masterpieces of European literature, the "Iliad" of Homer, in the English translation of Richmond Lattimore. It offers the background which readers need to understand the poem's detail of story and characters, and it provides a step-by-step guide to the ... see all copies from $10.17! new only from $28.74! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Thinking French Translation Student Book: A Course in Translation Method: French to English more books like this by Hervey Sandor, Sandor G J Hervey, Ian Higgins add to wishlist The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. A variety of translation issues are considered, including: cultural ... see all copies from $38.78! new only from $38.78! \| SVS
14 view cover	Thinking Spanish Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Spanish to English more books like this by Sandor Hervey, Ian Higgins, Louise M Haywood add to wishlist "Thinking Spanish Translation" is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method offering a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St Andrews. Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. Discussion, ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $43.69!
15 view cover	Thinking German Translation: A Course in Translation Method: German to English more books like this by Sandor G J Hervey add to wishlist "Thinking German Translation, Second Edition", is a comprehensive practical course in translation for advanced students of German, which focuses on improving translation quality whilst clarifying the theoretical issues involved. This second edition brings the course up-to-date, and has been fully reworked to give clearer explanations of key terms ... see all copies from $38.27! new only from $38.27! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Equivalences more books like this by Eric Astington add to wishlist see all copies from $42.48!
17 view cover	Machine translation a view from the lexicon more books like this by Dorr add to wishlist This book describes a novel, cross-linguistic approach to machine translation that solves certain classes of syntactic and lexical divergences by means of a lexical conceptual structure that can be composed and decomposed in language-specific ways. This approach allows the translator to operate uniformly across many languages, while still ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Beginning Translator's Workbook: Or the ABC of French to English Translation more books like this by Michele H Jones add to wishlist This workbook combines methodology and practice for use in a course for beginning translators with a proficiency in French ranging from intermediate to advanced level. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $53.41! \| SVS
19 view cover	Translator Self-Training Russian: Practical Course in Technical Translation more books like this by Morry Sofer (Editor) add to wishlist This self-study program offers guidelines on how to translate general text as well as legal, medical, financial, or other technical subjects, providing exercises drawn from actual translation projects. Each text is explained and annotated. Each program comes packed in a three-ring binder and contains the following elements: Guide for Translators - ... see all copies from $32.77! new only from $41.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	Thinking Italian Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Italian to English more books like this by Sandor Hervey, Ian Higgins, Stella Cragie add to wishlist Thinking Italian Translation presents a new and challenging approach to the acquisition of skills in translating from Italian into English. This comprehensive and practical course focuses on methods of improving translation quality, and also gives clear definitions of translation theories. It is based on detailed analysis of translation problems, ... see all copies from $41.77! new only from $41.77! \| SVS
21 view cover	Style and Ideology in Translation: Latin American Writing in English more books like this by Jeremy Munday add to wishlist Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book investigates the style, or 'voice', of English language translations of twentieth century Latin American writing, including fiction, political speeches and film. Existing models of stylistic analysis, supported at times by computer-assisted analysis, are developed to examine a range of works and ... see all copies from $32.33! new only from $36.60! \| SVS
22 view cover	Thinking Spanish Translation: A Course in Translation Method: Spanish to English more books like this by Haywood Louise, Michael Thompson, Louise M Haywood add to wishlist The new edition of this comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. A variety of translation issues are addressed, including: cultural differences register and ... see all copies from $37.02! new only from $37.02!
23 view cover	Guide for Translating Husserl more books like this by Dorion Cairns add to wishlist see all copies from $19.20! new only from $82.04! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	One Hundred Frogs more books like this by Hiroaki Sato add to wishlist Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most translated haiku, is Basho's poem "Old pond / Frog jumps in / The sound of water". In this book, Sato has collected some 135 translations, versions, parodies, and re-creations of "pond-frog-sound", from Lafcadio Hearn, Daisetz Suzuki, Donald Keene, Kenneth Rexroth, Edward Seidensticker, Robert Aitken ... see all copies from $11.24! new only from $13.72! \| first editions
25 view cover	Language to Language: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Italian/English Translators more books like this by Christopher Taylor add to wishlist Language to Language is for students of English/Italian translation and practising translators. Part One provides a theoretical background, examining the relevance of the study of lexis, semantics, pragmatics, culture, stylistics and genre to translation. This section includes numerous practical examples of how the translator's thought processes ... see all copies from $26.20! new only from $26.20!

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