Amazon.com Review

The nine essays collected in The Craft of Translation contain plenty of theoretical speculation about “working in the space between languages.” Fortunately, though, most of the authors avoid getting bogged down in abstraction. Indeed, luminaries like William Weaver and Margaret Sayers Peden stick to a nuts-and-bolts analysis of exactly how one word gets chosen over another. And Gregory Rabassa’s opening salvo (“No Two Snowflakes Are Alike”), which addresses some of the basic dilemmas of literary translation, should fascinate beginners and polished professionals alike.

From Publishers Weekly

Perspicacious essays by nine wordsmiths carefully reconstruct the complex, highly elusive translation process. Stressing that the element of choice “bedevils the translator as he seeks to approach the language he is working from as closely as possible,” Gregory Rabassa ponders personal and cultural nuances, poetry, curses and oaths, (more…)

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Barron’s is now taking a comprehensive approach to foreign-language reference volumes. This definitive German-English dictionary features 100, 000 entries with translations, and makes an ideal reference book for schools, libraries, businesses, and the home bookshelf. Yet its manageable size and reasonable price also makes it a practical learning tool for students taking a German language course. It features: Two full-length sections: English to German and German to English American-style English translations of all German entries Headwords provided with translations, parts of speech,and pronunciation guide Exemplary phrases using headwords in standard contexts Separate bilingual lists for numerals, phonetics symbols, abbreviations, and geographical names This all-inclusive dictionary also features full-color atlas-style maps of German-speaking countries, a concise grammar guide, a regular verb conjugation list, and many more language learning aids. He (more…)

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