Description: 1. Preliminaries to translation as a process 2. Preliminaries to translation as product 3. Cultural transposition 4. Compensation 5. The formal properties of texts: Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues in translation 6. The formal properties of texts: Grammatical and sentential issues in translation 7. The formal properties of texts: Discourse and intertextual issues in translation 8. Literal meaning and translation issues 9. Connotative meaning and translation issues 10. Language variety: Translation issues in register, sociolect and dialect 11. Textual genre and translation issues 12. Scientific and technological translation 13. Official, legal and business translation 14. Translating consumer-oriented texts 15. Revising and editing TTs 16. Contrastive topic and practical: Nominalization 17. Contrastive topic and practical: Determiners 18. Contrastive topic and practical: Adverbials 19. Contrastive topic and practical: Condition and future in the past 20. Summary and conclusion. Postscript: A career in translation? Glossary Bibliography Index

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