Translator Self Training Chinese: A Practical Course in Technical Translation

by Morry Sofer

Overview

Improve your Translation Skills in eight easy lessons, in areas such as news, Law, medicine,business and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781887563703
Publisher:	Schreiber Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Series:	Translators Self-Training
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.50(d)

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Table of Contents

Section 1.	General
a.	Introduction	7
b.	General Comments	10
c.	Guidelines for Translating the Assignments	14
d.	Guidelines for Self-Evaluation	16
Part 1	Chinese Into English
Section 2.	Assignments
a.	Assignment 1 - General	21
b.	Assignment 2 - Legal	24
c.	Assignment 3 - Chemical	30
d.	Assignment 4 - Economic/Business	33
Section 3.	Translations of Assignments and Notes
a.	Assignment 1 - Translation	35
	Assignment 1 - Notes	38
b.	Assignment 2 - Translation	39
	Assignment 2 - Notes	43
c.	Assignment 3 - Translation	44
	Assignment 3 - Notes	50
d.	Assignment 4 - Translation	51
	Assignment 4 - Notes	53
Part 2	English Into Chinese
Section 2.	Assignments
a.	Assignment 1 - General	57
b.	Assignment 2 - Legal	60
c.	Assignment 3 - Chemical/Medical	66
d.	Assignment 4 - Business/Economics	69
Section 3.	Translations of Assignments and Notes
a.	Assignment 1 - Translation	72
	Assignment 1 - Notes	74
b.	Assignment 2 - Translation	76
	Assignment 2 - Notes	82
c.	Assignment 3 - Translation	83
	Assignment 3 - Notes	86
d.	Assignment 4 - Translation	87
	Assignment 4 - Notes	89
Section 4.	Where Do We Go From Here?	90
Appendix A	Requisites for Professional Translators	93
Appendix B	Translation Techniques	97
Appendix C	Translator's Self-Evaluation	101
Appendix D	Chinese Technical Dictionaries	105
Appendix E	Sources of Translation Work	108
Appendix F	Computers, Translation, and the Internet	156