The Global Translator's Handbook
by Sofer, MorryFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-12-16
Publisher(s): Taylor Trade Publishing
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Summary
A practical guide to translation as a profession, this book provides everything translators need to know, from digital equipment to translation techniques, dictionaries in over seventy languages, and sources of translation work. It is the premier sourcebook for all linguists, used by both beginners and veterans, and its predecessor, The Translator’s Handbook, has been praised by some of the world’s leading translators, such as Gregory Rabassa and Marina Orellana.
Author Biography
Morry Sofer is the founder of leading translation company Schriber Translations, Inc., author of many books on translation, and editor of several dictionaries.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. x |
| Warning-Disclaimer | p. xi |
| Welcome! | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| How to Get the Most Out of This Handbook | p. 2 |
| The Uses of This Handbook | p. 3 |
| The Nature of Translation | p. 3 |
| For Whom Is This Handbook Intended? | p. 4 |
| Historical Overview of Translation | p. 7 |
| Translating the Bible | p. 8 |
| Translation in the East-Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism | p. 11 |
| Translators Opening the Door to the Modern World | p. 12 |
| Translation in the New World | p. 13 |
| The Twentieth Century | p. 14 |
| Requisites for Professional Translators | p. 17 |
| The Well-Rounded Translator | p. 20 |
| Good and Bad Translation Habits | p. 21 |
| Translator's Self-Evaluation | p. 25 |
| Translator Skill Levels | p. 25 |
| Translation Problems | p. 29 |
| Generic Language Problems | p. 29 |
| Spanish | p. 31 |
| German | p. 32 |
| French | p. 33 |
| Russian | p. 34 |
| Japanese | p. 36 |
| Chinese | p. 37 |
| Italian | p. 38 |
| Portuguese | p. 38 |
| Arabic | p. 39 |
| Hebrew | p. 40 |
| Translation Techniques | p. 43 |
| Preliminary Considerations | p. 43 |
| Effective Approaches | p. 44 |
| Translation, Computers, and the Internet | p. 51 |
| Computers and Related Equipment | p. 51 |
| Machine Translation vs. Human Translation | p. 54 |
| Translation Memory | p. 56 |
| Localization | p. 56 |
| The Uses of the Internet for Translators | p. 57 |
| Dictionaries, Reference Literature, and Terminology Management | p. 61 |
| Dictionaries | p. 61 |
| Reference Literature | p. 62 |
| Terminology Management | p. 63 |
| Types of Terminology | p. 63 |
| Creating New Terminology | p. 64 |
| Key Translation Areas | p. 67 |
| Advertising | p. 68 |
| Aerospace | p. 68 |
| Automotive | p. 69 |
| Business/Finance | p. 69 |
| Chemistry | p. 70 |
| Civil Engineering | p. 70 |
| Computers | p. 71 |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering | p. 71 |
| Environment | p. 71 |
| Law | p. 72 |
| Medicine | p. 72 |
| Military Subjects | p. 73 |
| Nautical Subjects | p. 74 |
| Patents | p. 74 |
| Social Sciences | p. 74 |
| Telecommunications | p. 75 |
| How to Operate Successfully as a Freelance Translator | p. 77 |
| Financial Issues | p. 77 |
| Translator/Client Relations | p. 81 |
| Legal Issues | p. 83 |
| Sources of Translation Work | p. 85 |
| Translation Companies | p. 85 |
| Direct Sources of Work | p. 87 |
| Networking | p. 90 |
| A Career as an In-House Translator | p. 91 |
| Level of Expertise | p. 91 |
| Translation Training | p. 91 |
| The Right Language | p. 92 |
| Multiple Languages | p. 92 |
| Pros and Cons | p. 92 |
| Training Programs | p. 95 |
| Oral Interpretation | p. 97 |
| The Pros and Cons of Interpretation | p. 100 |
| Closing Remarks | p. 101 |
| Translators' Organizations | p. 103 |
| Translation: A Lifelong Career | p. 107 |
| Dictionaries and Reference Literature | p. 109 |
| General English Language References | p. 110 |
| General and Specialized Dictionaries in Languages Other Than English | p. 113 |
| Afrikaans | p. 113 |
| Albanian | p. 114 |
| Amharic | p. 114 |
| Arabic | p. 114 |
| Azerbaijani | p. 118 |
| Basque | p. 119 |
| Bengali | p. 119 |
| Bosnian | p. 119 |
| Bulgarian | p. 119 |
| Byelorussian | p. 119 |
| Cambodian | p. 119 |
| Catalan | p. 120 |
| Chinese | p. 120 |
| Creole | p. 124 |
| Croatian | p. 124 |
| Czech | p. 124 |
| Danish | p. 125 |
| Dutch | p. 126 |
| Esperanto | p. 127 |
| Estonian | p. 127 |
| Farsi (Persian) | p. 128 |
| Finnish | p. 128 |
| French | p. 129 |
| Georgian | p. 133 |
| German | p. 133 |
| Greek | p. 139 |
| Hebrew | p. 140 |
| Hindi | p. 142 |
| Hungarian | p. 142 |
| Icelandic | p. 143 |
| Indonesian | p. 143 |
| Italian | p. 144 |
| Japanese | p. 147 |
| Kazakh | p. 147 |
| Korean | p. 148 |
| Kurdish | p. 148 |
| Lao | p. 148 |
| Latin | p. 148 |
| Latvian | p. 148 |
| Lithuanian | p. 148 |
| Macedonian | p. 148 |
| Malay | p. 149 |
| Nepali | p. 149 |
| Norwegian | p. 149 |
| Pilipino/Tagalog | p. 151 |
| Polish | p. 151 |
| Portuguese | p. 153 |
| Romanian | p. 155 |
| Russian | p. 156 |
| Serbian | p. 161 |
| Serbo-Croatian | p. 161 |
| Slovak | p. 162 |
| Slovene | p. 162 |
| Somali | p. 163 |
| Spanish | p. 163 |
| Swahili | p. 168 |
| Swedish | p. 168 |
| Tatar | p. 170 |
| Thai | p. 170 |
| Turkish | p. 170 |
| Ukrainian | p. 170 |
| Uzbek | p. 171 |
| Vietnamese | p. 171 |
| Yiddish | p. 172 |
| Yoruba | p. 172 |
| Where to Find Dictionaries | p. 173 |
| Foreign-Language Software Sources | p. 175 |
| Sources of Translation Work | p. 179 |
| U.S. Translation Companies | p. 180 |
| U.S. Translation Companies by Location | p. 248 |
| U.S. Government Agencies | p. 257 |
| Major Organizations | p. 262 |
| Major Companies | p. 263 |
| Translation Courses and Programs | p. 299 |
| Translator Organizations | p. 317 |
| American Translators Association (ATA) Chapters and Other Groups | p. 317 |
| International Federation of Translators (FIT) | p. 319 |
| Translator Accreditation | p. 329 |
| Professional Periodicals for Translators | p. 331 |
| Bibliography | p. 335 |
| Index | p. 337 |
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