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Translation 101: Starting Out As A Translator

Author : Petro Dudi

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 146 pages

File Size : 12,90 MB

Release : 2015-08-05

Category : Education

ISBN : 1329443365

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This book is for anyone contemplating on becoming a translator, or for existing translators that need a crash course on their profession. It explores the realm of translation, the benefits and working conditions, the types of translation work and tools available. It gets down to details regarding the tools a translator, providing information not only from the translator's perspective but also from a client's viewpoint. It provides a hands-on approach to CAT Tools, on how you can take advantage of them regardless of your CAT Tool of choice. You'll also learn how to successfully run your freelance translation business. You'll be presented with ""inside"" information on how clients (like translation agencies) choose their translators. You'll learn how to set up profiting rates and how to find promising clients. You'll be given ideas for organization of your work process and tips for successful customer relationship management. And, you'll be shown how to stay away from fraudulent companies too.



Translation 101

Author : Petro Dudi

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File Size : 26,82 MB

Release : 2015-08

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This career guidebook explores the realm of translation, the benefits and working conditions, the types of translation work and tools available. It gets down to details regarding the tools a translator uses every day, providing information not only from the translator's perspective but also from the viewpoint of the translation engineer and translation project manager. It provides a hands-on approach to CAT (Computer-Assisted Translation) Tools, on how you can take advantage of them regardless of your CAT Tool of choice. You'll also learn how to successfully run your freelance translation business. You'll be presented with "inside" information on how clients (especially translation agencies) choose their translators. You'll learn how to set up profiting rates and how to find promising clients. You'll be given ideas for efficient organization of your work process and tips for successful customer relationship management. And, you'll be shown how to stay away from fraudulent companies too. Cleverly written to cover all skill levels: Entry-Level - An all-in-one guide for you to start out in the translation profession. Mid-Level - Boost your knowledge of the translation field and take it to the next level. Senior-Level - Sharpen your skills and learn a few more tricks that will make you a master of the craft. Here's a glimpse of the Table of Contents: Part 1: So, You Want To Be A Translator... Why Become A Translator Do I Need Any Special Skills Or Experience? Types Of Translation Work In-House Translation Jobs vs. Freelancing Software Tools Of The Trade Part 2: Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) Tools: A Crash Course So, What's A CAT Tool? Translation Memories (TMs) Word Counts, The Trados Discount Model & Weighted Words Terminology Databases (TermBases) Handoff & Delivery Packages A Typical Translation Project Workflow Machine Translation (MT) Avoiding CAT Tool Lock-In CAT Tools On A Mac Or GNU/Linux Part 3: Running A Freelance Translation Business Defining Your Core Language Pairs Setting Up Your Pricelist Choosing Your CAT Tool Marketing Your Business (Or How To Find Clients) Organizing Your Work Client Relationship Quick Tips Avoiding Fraudulent Clients Appendix 1: Translation Industry Glossary Appendix 2: ISO Language Codes Appendix 3: List of Translation Companies



A Dictionary of Translation Technology

Author : Sin-wai Chan

Publisher : Chinese University Press

Page : 660 pages

File Size : 36,41 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Computers

ISBN : 9789629961480

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This dictionary is intended for anyone who is interested in translation and translation technology. Especially, translation as an academic discipline, a language activity, a specialized profession, or a business undertaking. The book covers theory and practice of translation and interpretation in a number of areas. Addressing and explaining important concepts in computer translation, computer-aided translation, and translation tools. Most popular and commercially available translation software are included along with their website addresses for handy reference. This dictionary has 1,377 entries. The entries are alphabetized and defined in a simple and concise manner.



Translation and Identity in the Americas

Author : Edwin Gentzler

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 10,89 MB

Release : 2012-11-12

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1136036865

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Translation is a highly contested site in the Americas where different groups, often with competing literary or political interests, vie for space and approval. In its survey of these multiple and competing groups and its study of the geographic, socio-political and cultural aspects of translation, Edwin Gentzler’s book demonstrates that the Americas are a fruitful terrain for the field of translation studies. Building on research from a variety of disciplines including cultural studies, linguistics, feminism and ethnic studies and including case studies from Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean, this book shows that translation is one of the primary means by which a culture is constructed: translation in the Americas is less something that happens between separate and distinct cultures and more something that is capable of establishing those very cultures. Using a variety of texts and addressing minority and oppressed groups within cultures, Translation and Identity in the Americas highlights by example the cultural role translation policies play in a discriminatory process: the consequences of which can be social marginalization, loss of identity and psychological trauma. Translation and Identity the Americas will be critical reading for students and scholars of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies.



Translation of Thought to Written Text While Composing

Author : Michel Fayol

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 410 pages

File Size : 46,23 MB

Release : 2012-05-04

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 113649670X

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Translation of cognitive representations into written language is one of the most important processes in writing. This volume provides a long-awaited updated overview of the field. The contributors discuss each of the commonly used research methods for studying translation; theorize about the nature of the cognitive and language representations and cognitive/linguistic transformation mechanisms involved in translation during writing; and make the case that translation is a higher-order executive function that is fundamental to the writing process. The book also reviews the application of research to practice -- that is, the translation of the research findings in education and the work-world for individuals who interact with others using written language to communicate ideas. This volume provides a rich resource for student, theorists, and empirical researchers in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and education; and teachers and clinicians who can use the research in their work.



The Reception of Walter Pater in Europe

Author : Stephen Bann

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 726 pages

File Size : 36,22 MB

Release : 2013-02-14

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1623565863

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Just over a century after his death, Walter Pater's critical reputation now stands as high as it has ever been. In the English-speaking world, this has involved recovery from the widespread neglect and indifference which attended his work in the first half of the twentieth century. In Europe, however, enthusiastic disciples such as Hugo von Hofmannsthal in the German-speaking world and Charles Du Bos in France, helped to fuel a growing awareness of his writings as central to the emergence of modernist literature. Translations of works like Imaginary Portraits, established his distinctive voice as an aesthetic critic and his novel, Marius the Epicurean, was enthusiastically received in Paris in the 1920s and published in Turin on the eve of the Second World War. This collection traces the fortunes of Pater's writings in these three major literatures and their reception in Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.



Translation in the Digital Age

Author : Michael Cronin

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 35,21 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0415608597

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Translation is living through a period of revolutionary upheaval. The effects of digital technology and the internet on translation are continuous, widespread and profound. From automatic online translation services to the rise of crowdsourced translation and the proliferation of translation Apps for smartphones, the translation revolution is everywhere. The implications for human languages, cultures and society of this revolution are radical and far-reaching. In the Information Age that is the Translation Age, new ways of talking and thinking about translation which take full account of the dramatic changes in the digital sphere are urgently required. Michael Cronin examines the role of translation with regard to the debates around emerging digital technologies and analyses their social, cultural and political consequences, guiding readers through the beginnings of translation's engagement with technology, and through to the key issues that exist today. With links to many areas of study, Translation in the Digital Age is a vital read for students of modern languages, translation studies, cultural studies and applied linguistics.



Cities in Translation

Author : Sherry Simon

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 11,12 MB

Release : 2013-03-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1136629890

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All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city. This book focuses on four such linguistically divided cities: Calcutta, Trieste, Barcelona, and Montreal. Though living with the ever-present threat of conflict, these cities offer the possibility of creative interaction across competing languages and this book examines the dynamics of translation in its many forms. By focusing on a category of cities which has received little attention, this study contributes to our understanding of the kinds of language relations that sustain the diversity of urban life. Illustrated with photos and maps, Cities in Translation is both an engaging read for a wide-ranging audience and an important text in advancing theory and methodology in translation studies.



The Presence of Pessoa

Author : George Monteiro

Publisher : University Press of Kentucky

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 32,34 MB

Release : 2014-10-17

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0813156874

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Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this century. Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem (Message) and the modernist novella 0 Banqueiro Anarquista (The Anarchist Banker). But he is primarily interested in tracing Pessoa's influence on a wide range of contemporary writers. Among those Monteiro finds putting Pessoa's work to their own surprising—and sometimes comic—uses are Joyce Carol Oates, Allen Ginsberg, John Wain, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and earlier poets including Thomas Merton, Edouard Roditi, and Roy Campbell. In addition, the complete text of Campbell's pioneering biocritical study of Pessoa is published here for the first time.



Literary Translation and the Making of Originals

Author : Karen Emmerich

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 13,32 MB

Release : 2017-09-21

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1501329928

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Literary Translation and the Making of Originals engages such issues as the politics and ethics of translation; how aesthetic categories and market forces contribute to the establishment and promotion of particular “originals”; and the role translation plays in the formation, re-formation, and deformation of national and international literary canons. By challenging the assumption that stable originals even exist, Karen Emmerich also calls into question the tropes of ideal equivalence and unavoidable loss that contribute to the low status of translation, translations, and translators in the current literary and academic marketplaces.