Toward a Science of Translating: With Special Reference to Principles and Procedures Involved in Bible Translating - Hardcover

Nida, Eugene A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004132805 ISBN 13: 9789004132801

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2003

Synopsis

Toward a Science of Translating, first published in 1964, is still very much in demand today. Written by a linguist and anthropologist with forty years of experience in the field of language and religion, this work describes the major components of translating; setting the translating into the context of historical changes in principles and procedures over the last two centuries. With an emphasis on texts being understood within their cultural contexts, one of the reasons for its continuing relevance is the broad number of illustrative examples taken from field experience of translators in America, Africa, Europe and Asia.

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About the Author

Eugene A. Nida , Ph.D. (1943) in Linguistics, University of Michigan, was Professor of Linguistics at SIL and at the Univerity of Oklahoma (1937-53), Executive Secretary for Translations for the American Bible Society (1943-84), consultant for the United Bible Societies (1947-90), and consultant to the American Bible Society (1984 to present). He has done fieldwork in over 85 countries in over 200 languages, and has published 41 books and over 200 articles, with three new books in process.

Review

'...source d'informations et de suggestions techniques très riches.'
Georges Mounin, La Linguistique, 1966.
'...the quality of this book is extremely high.'
Howard W. Law, International Journal of American Linguistics, 1965.
'...Achtung für die geleistete Arbeit.'
L. Rost, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1967.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 9004132805
• ISBN 13: 9789004132801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 331