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Translation and Translating: Theory and Practice (Applied Linguistics & Language Study) [Paperback]

Roger T. Bell (Author), Christopher Candlin (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 1991 | ISBN-10: 0582016487 | ISBN-13: 978-0582016484

Argues that the subjective evaluation of the product must give way to a descriptive and objective attempt to reveal the workings of the process (ie translating). Without such a shift, translation theory will continue outside the mainstream of intellectual activity in human sciences and fail to take its rightful place as a major field in applied Linguistics.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company (January 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0582016487
ISBN-13: 978-0582016484
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,993,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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lexical search mechanism, ideational macrofunction, pragmatic processor, translator competence, discoursal meaning, supervisor demon, cognitive demons, target language text, conceptual entries, semantic analyser, concept tiger, library analogy, source language text, syntactic processor, encyclopedic entry, translation theorists, interactional meaning, channel limitation, theme systems, communicative value, semantic sense

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Subject Predicator Object, United Nations Secretary General, Actor Process Goal

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Translation in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future by Chan Sin-wai on page 183
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