| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 396 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Benjamins translation library. EST subseries, 0929-7316 ; v. 73 |
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Benjamins translation library. EST subseries ; v. 73.
0929-7316
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Translation as a Profession; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Foreword; Translation; An overview; Categories of translation; The translation process from A to Z; The translating profession; The translating profession; Becoming a translator; Should I or shouldn't I?; The die is cast!; Here we go!; Being a translator; Of time and money; Living in a crowd; Professional ethics; Certification; Recognition; Evolutions and revolutions; From P and P to WS and ATT; From manual to automatic; From craft to industry; From the village to the globe; Training translators. |
| Summary |
Translation as a profession provides an in-depth analysis of the translating profession and the translation industry. The book starts with a presentation of the diversity of translations and an overview of the translation-localisation process. The second section describes the translation profession and the translators' markets. The third section considers the process of 'becoming' a translator, from the moment people find out whether they have the required qualities to the moment when they set up shop or find a job, with special emphasis on how to find and hold on to clients, avoiding basic mi. |
| Subject |
Translating and interpreting.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Translating & Interpreting.
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Translating and interpreting. (OCoLC)fst01154795
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Vertalen.
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Vertalers.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gouadec, Daniel. Translation as a profession. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027216816 9027216819 (DLC) 2007009735 (OCoLC)45157483 |
| ISBN |
9789027292513 (electronic bk.) |
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9027292515 (electronic bk.) |
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