Translating Texts: An Introductory Coursebook on Translation and Text Formation

*wide range of text types included for analysis , from commercial and media texts to scientific and technical, reflecting the texts translators will face in courses and professional work *translation pedagogy is presented in a 'spiraling up' fashion, beginning at the level of words and phrases and then to progressively larger and more global textual properties (such as cohesion, discourse organization), ending with a discussion of the broad cultural factors shaping the given text-type. *textual analysis provided in parallel for multiple languages, allowing students and instructors to use the book when working in a range of languages