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Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation (Paperback)

Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation

Review

A very useful book…I would recommend it to students who aim at a career in translation as a valuable introduction to the profession and an initiation into the social and transactional skills which it requires..–Mike Routledge, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKAbsolutely up-to-date and state of the art in the practical as well as theoretical aspect of translation, this new edition of Becoming a Translator retains the strength of the first edition while offering new sections on current issues. Bright, lively and witty, the book is filled with entertaining and thoughtful examples; I would recommend it to teachers offering courses to beginning and advanced students, and to any translator who wishes to know where the field is today..–Malcolm Hayward, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

Becoming a Translator has been specifically designed for introductory undergraduate courses in the theory and practice of translation. It will als (more…)

Anagrams [Paperback]

Anagrams

From Publishers Weekly

Moore, praised for her short story collection Self-Help, makes her debut as a novelist with this story about what may be the disintegration of the thoroughly modern protagonist’s personality. PW called Anagrams “original and highly inventive.” Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Who exactly is Benna, the 33-year-old poetry teacher (or singer? or aerobics instructor?) we meet in this inventive novel? It is hard to say. She hidesfrom us, from herselfbehind imaginary identities, relationships, and scenarios in which elements of character and action are transposed like the letters of those anagrams she scribbles on napkins. Her fantasies are offered as straight narrative along with a stream of wisecracks (“All the world’s a stage we’re going through”). For deep down, Benna is terrified of the contingencies of reality (“One g (more…)