APractical Guide for Translators / / Geoffrey Samuelsson-Brown.
This is the fifth revised edition of the best-selling A Practical Guide for Translators. It looks at the profession of translator on the basis of developments over the last few years and encourages both practitioners and buyers of translation services to view translation as a highly-qualified, skill...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in Translation
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword to the Fifth Edition
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- 1.How to become a translator
- 2. Bilingualism – the myths and the truth
- 3. The client’s viewpoint
- 4. Running a translation business
- 5. Your working environment and the tools of the trade
- 6. Machine translation and computer-aided translation
- 7. Sources of reference, data retrieval and file management
- 8. Quality control and accountability
- 9. Presentation and delivery of translations
- 10. What to do if things go wrong
- 11. Professional organisations for translators
- 12. Planning your exit strategy
- 13. Glossary of terms
- 14.Appendix
- 15.Index