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Informationen zum Autor Valerie Pellatt and Eric T. Liu are both based at Newcastle University. Valerie Pellatt is Lecturer in Chinese Interpretation and Translation and Tin-Kun Liu is Senior Lecturer and Head of Translation and Interpreting Studies. Klappentext Thinking Chinese Translation is a practical and comprehensive course for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of Chinese. Thinking Chinese Translation explores the ways in which memory, general knowledge, and creativity (summed up as 'schema') contribute to the linguistic ability necessary to create a good translation. The course develops the reader's ability to think deeply about the texts and to produce natural and accurate translations from Chinese into English.A wealth of relevant illustrative material is presented, taking the reader through a number of different genres and text types of increasing complexity including: technical, scientific and legal textsjournalistic and informative textsliterary and dramatic texts.Each chapter provides a discussion of the issues of a particular text type based on up-to-date scholarship, followed by practical translation exercises. The chapters can be read independently as research material, or in combination with the exercises. The issues discussed range from the fine detail of the text, such as punctuation, to the broader context of editing, packaging and publishing translations. Major aspects of teaching and learning translation, such as collaboration, are also covered. Thinking Chinese Translation is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese and translation studies. The book will also appeal to a wide range of language students and tutors through the general discussion of the principles and purpose of translation. Zusammenfassung Suitable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of Chinese. "Thinking Chinese Translation", this book explores the ways in which memory, general knowledge, and creativity (summed up as 'schema') contribute to the linguistic ability necessary to create a good translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction History, theory and practice of Chinese translation The rationale and structure of Thinking Chinese Translation 1 Translation as a process Formal schema: decoding the marks on the page Content schema: knowledge and experience IMPLICATION AND Inference The benefits of collaborative thinking Reflective learning 2 Formal Schema: the framework: titles, sentences, punctuation and paragraphs Headings and titles: signposting the text Sentences: grammatical structures Sentences: discoursal structures Punctuation: loaded with meaning Paragraphs: fleshing out the structure Content schema: knowledge, preparation and collaboration Practical 2.1 Text structure and names Practical 2.2 Background knowledge of China 3 Growing the schema from small beginnings translating formulaic texts Content, context and register in the formulaic text Practical 3.1 Certificates texts without sentences dictionarIES AND GLOSSARIES Practical 3.2 Chinese restaurant menu Practical 3.3 Translating Accounts 4 Translating technical and scientific texts Technical translation: What is it? Who does it? Formal schema in technical and scientific translation Content schema: understanding the processes Practical 4 Technical exercises 5 Medical translation: persuading, reporting, and diagnosing in the Western tradition Public health information leaflets Practical 5.1 Persuading the public: health leaflets Translating medical reports Practical 5.2 Patient's notes 6 Translating Traditional Chinese Medicine The underlying principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine The language of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practical 6.1 Treatment methods: cupping Practical 6. 2 Textbook description of cancers 7 Translating for legal purposes Variations in legal systems and language the Authority...
