Thinking French Translation Student Book: A Course in Translation Method: French to English (Thinking Translation)

304 Pages·2002·0.92 MB·English

by  Sandor Hervey

THINKING FRENCH
TRANSLATION
Second Edition
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THINKING
FRENCH
TRANSLATION
Second Edition
A Course in Translation Method:
French to English
Sándor Hervey
Ian Higgins
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Taylor&Francis Group
London and New York
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second edition published 2002
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
© 1992, 2002 Sándor Hervey, Ian Higgins
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hervey, Sándor G. J.
Thinking French translation: a course in translation method /
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Sándor Hervey, Ian Higgins.–2nd ed.
p.cm.
Originally published: Thinking translation: a course in translation method,
French-English. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. French language–Translating into English.
I. Higgins, Ian. II. Hervey, Sándor G. J. Thinking translation. III. Title.
PC2498.H47 2002
428’.0241–dc21 2002021335
ISBN 0-203-16712-0 Master e-book ISBN
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ISBN 0-203-26191-7 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0–415–25522–8 (pbk)
0–415–25521–X (hbk)
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To Catherine, Morris and Rosey
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Preface to the second edition xiii
Introduction 1
1 Preliminaries to translation as a process 6
Practical 1 12
1.1 Intralingual translation 12
1.2 Gist translation 13
2 Preliminaries to translation as a product 15
Practical 2 25
2.1 Degrees of freedom; translation loss 25
2.2 Degrees of freedom; translation loss 27
2.3 Translation loss 29
3 Cultural issues in translation 31
Practical 3 38
3.1 Cultural issues 38
3.2 Cultural issues 40
3.3 Cultural issues 41
4 Compensation 43
Practical 4 53
4.1 Degrees of freedom; cultural issues; compensation 53
4.2 Compensation 54
4.3 Compensation 55
5 Textual genre and translation issues 57
Practical 5 68
5.1 Genre and translation 68
5.2 Genre and translation 70
5.3 Genre and translation 71
5.4 Genre and translation 72
5.5 Genre and translation 73
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11 The formal properties of texts: Introduction 75
6 The formal properties of texts: Phonic/graphic and prosodic
issues in translation 77
Practical 6 91
6.1 Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues 91
6.2 Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues 93
6.3 Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues 93
6.4 Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues 95
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7 The formal properties of texts: Grammatical and sentential
issues in translation 97
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Practical 7 111
7.1 Grammatical and sentential issues 111
1 7.2 Grammatical and sentential issues 111
7.3 Grammatical and sentential issues 112
8 The formal properties of texts: Discourse and intertextual
issues in translation 114
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Practical 8 128
8.1 Discourse issues 128
8.2 Discourse issues 129
9 Literal meaning and translation issues 132
Practical 9 143
9.1 Literal meaning and translation 143
9.2 Literal meaning and translation 145
10 Connotative meaning and translation issues 147
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Practical 10 154
10.1 Connotative meaning and translation 154
10.2 Connotative meaning and translation 159
11 Language variety: Translation issues in register, sociolect
and dialect 161
Practical 11 168
11.1 Language variety and translation 168
11.2 Language variety and translation 170
11.3 Language variety and translation 170
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12 Scientific and technical translation 172
Practical 12 181
12.1 Scientific and technical translation 181
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Contents ix
13 Legal and financial translation 183
Practical 13 193
13.1 Legal translation 193
13.2 Legal translation 193
13.3 Legal translation 193
13.4 Financial translation 195
13.5 Financial translation 195
14 Translating consumer-oriented texts 196
Practical 14 201
14.1 Consumer-oriented translation 201
14.2 Consumer-oriented translation 202
14.3 Consumer-oriented translation 203
15 Revising and editing TTs 205
Practical 15 214
15.1 Revising and editing 214
15.2 Revising and editing 215
15.3 Revising and editing 217
Contrastive topics and practicals: Introduction 220
16 Contrastive topic and practical: Nominalization 222
17 Contrastive topic and practical: Adverbials 235
18 Contrastive topic and practical: ‘Absolute’ constructions 246
19 Contrastive topic and practical: Prepositions 254
20 Summary and conclusion 260
Postscript: A career in translation? 264
Glossary of terms used 267
References 276
Index 281