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Armstrong, Nigel. 2005. Translation, linguistics, culture: a French-English handbook (Topics in Translation 27). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. x + 218 pp.
Publication type
Monograph
Publication language
English
Source language
Target language
Main ISBN
1-85359-806-2
Edition info
Paperback ISBN: 1-85359-805-4 Also reviewed in: Jeremy Munday (2007). “Translation Studies”. #Years Work Critical and Cultural Theory# 15 (1): 203-216.

Abstract

This book takes a linguistic approach to translation issues, looking first at the structural view of language that explains the difficulty of translation and at theories of cultural non-equivalence. A subsequent chapter on text types, readership and the translator's role completes the theoretical framework. The linguistic levels of analysis are then discussed in ascending order, from morpheme up to sentence, while a summarising chapter considers various translation types and strategies, again considered in relation to text type, author and reader.
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