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Contexts in Translating

Failure to consider the contexts of a text is often responsible for the most serious mistakes in translation. Contexts need to be understood as influencing all structural levels of a text: phonological, lexical, grammatical, and historical. This work seeks to assist in understanding contexts.
Print Book, English, ©2001
John Benjamins, Amsterdam, ©2001
VIII, 125 p. ; 23 cm.
9789027216472, 9027216479
640111376
1. Preface; 2. 1. What is translating?; 3. 2. Language and culture; 4. 3. Words in context; 5. 4. Relations between words; 6. 5. Translating texts; 7. 6. Representative treatments of translating; 8. 7. Three major types of translation theories; 9. Bibliography
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