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Translating Japanese Texts
Kirsten Refsing
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Description for Translating Japanese Texts
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
This is a practical textbook and a precise introduction to problems of and strategies for translating Japanese texts, aimed at both students and teachers of translation, and professional translators. The theoretical foundation is that texts are created by means of interplay between different levels of linguistic material and pragmatic, cognitive and cultural mechanisms. We claim that all translation should hence take such factors into consideration. The book focuses on Japanese and English and attempts to highlight systematic differences between these two languages, but will be useful when translating Japanese into other languages than English and for translation in general. The ... Read more
This is a practical textbook and a precise introduction to problems of and strategies for translating Japanese texts, aimed at both students and teachers of translation, and professional translators. The theoretical foundation is that texts are created by means of interplay between different levels of linguistic material and pragmatic, cognitive and cultural mechanisms. We claim that all translation should hence take such factors into consideration. The book focuses on Japanese and English and attempts to highlight systematic differences between these two languages, but will be useful when translating Japanese into other languages than English and for translation in general. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
195
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
, Denmark
ISBN
9788763507776
SKU
V9788763507776
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Ref
99-1
About Kirsten Refsing
Lita Lundquist contributes her research in text linguistics and her experience in teaching translation theory and practice at the Copenhagen Business School, where she is Professor of Language for Specific Purposes. Kirsten Refsing, formerly Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Hong Kong and currently dean of Humanities at Copenhagen University, contributes her profound knowledge of the Japanese language ... Read more
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