Meaning-Based Translation A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence

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ISBN: 9780761809715 | 0761809716
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/28/1997

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Meaning-Based Translation is designed for training beginning translators and organized chapter by chapter as drill material for the textbook Meaning-Based Translation.

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Overview of the Translation Task	p. 1
Form and Meaning	p. 3
Kinds of Translations	p. 17
The Semantic Structure of Language	p. 29
Implicit Meaning	p. 41
Steps in a Translation Project	p. 51
The Lexicon	p. 57
Words as "Bundles" of Meaning	p. 59
Some Relationships between Lexical Items	p. 71
Discovering Meaning by Grouping and Contrast	p. 87
Mismatching of Lexical Systems between Languages	p. 97
Multiple Senses of Lexical Items	p. 109
Figurative Senses of Lexical Items	p. 121
Person Reference	p. 131
Lexical Items and Situational Context	p. 143
Collocation and Concordance of Lexical Items	p. 155
Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Shared	p. 169
Lexical Equivalents when Concepts are Unknown	p. 179
Special Problems in Finding Lexical Equivalents	p. 195
Propositional Structure	p. 205
Propositions	p. 207
Case Roles within Event Propositions	p. 219
Relations within State Propositions	p. 235
Skewing between Propositional Structure and Clause Structure	p. 245
Skewing of Illocutionary Force and Grammatical Form	p. 257
Figurative Propositions/Metaphors and Similes	p. 271
More on Propositional Analysis	p. 283
Communication Relations	p. 297
Addition and Support Relations	p. 299
Orientation and Clarification Relations	p. 319
Logical Relations	p. 335
Stimulus-RESPONSE Roles	p. 353
Texts	p. 379
Groupings	p. 381
Discourse Genre	p. 399
Cohesion	p. 425
Prominence	p. 441
The Communication Situation	p. 459
Information Load	p. 477
The Translation Program	p. 507
Establishing the Project	p. 509
Translation Procedures	p. 519
Testing the Translation	p. 529
Bibliography	p. 549
Index	p. 571
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Meaning-Based Translation A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence

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