Japanese-English translation : an advanced guide

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Japanese-English translation : an advanced guide

Judy Wakabayashi

Routledge, 2021

  • : hbk

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Summary: "This volume is a textbook for aspiring translators of Japanese into English, as well as a reference work for professional Japanese-English translators and for translator educators. Underpinned by sound theoretical principles, it provides a solid foundation in the practice of Japanese-English translation, then extends this to more advanced levels. Features include: 13 thematic chapters, with subsections that explore common pitfalls and challenges facing Japanese-English translators and the pros and cons of different procedures exercises after many of these subsections abundant examples drawn from a variety of text types and genres and translated by many different translators This is an essential resource for postgraduate students of Japanese-English translation and Japanese language, professional Japanese-English translators and translator educators. It will also be of use and interest to advanced undergraduates studying Japanese"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index

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Description

This volume is a textbook for aspiring translators of Japanese into English, as well as a reference work for professional Japanese-English translators and for translator educators. Underpinned by sound theoretical principles, it provides a solid foundation in the practice of Japanese-English translation, then extends this to more advanced levels. Features include: 13 thematic chapters, with subsections that explore common pitfalls and challenges facing Japanese-English translators and the pros and cons of different procedures exercises after many of these subsections abundant examples drawn from a variety of text types and genres and translated by many different translators This is an essential resource for postgraduate students of Japanese-English translation and Japanese language, professional Japanese-English translators and translator educators. It will also be of use and interest to advanced undergraduates studying Japanese.

Table of Contents

Contents 1 Words 2 Word Groups and Figurative Language 3 Names 4 Numbers 5 Technicalities 6 Recurring Grammatical Issues 7 Rhetorical Hedging and Indirectness 8 Register, Tone, Emphasis, Repetition and Parallelism 9 The Spoken Word 10 Non-standard Varieties of Language 11 Languages Interacting 12 Translators at Play 13 Discourse-level Issues

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