Sonia Colina is Regent's Professor of Spanish and Director of the National Center for Interpretation at the University of Arizona. Her areas of expertise in Translation Studies are translation pedagogy, translation quality, and translation in language teaching. She is the author of Fundamentals of Translation (2015), Spanish Phonology (2009), and Translation Teaching (2003).

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• Preface; 1. The term 'translation': concept, definitions and usage; 2. The functions of translation: functionalism; 3. The functions of translation: pragmatics; 4. Texts and translations; 5. Reading and translation; 6. Social aspects of translating; 7. Translation quality; 8. The translator; Answer key; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Sonia Colina is Regent's Professor of Spanish and Director of the National Center for Interpretation at the University of Arizona. Her areas of expertise in Translation Studies are translation pedagogy, translation quality, and translation in language teaching. She is the author of Fundamentals of Translation (2015), Spanish Phonology (2009), and Translation Teaching (2003).

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• Preface; 1. The term 'translation': concept, definitions and usage; 2. The functions of translation: functionalism; 3. The functions of translation: pragmatics; 4. Texts and translations; 5. Reading and translation; 6. Social aspects of translating; 7. Translation quality; 8. The translator; Answer key; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Sonia Colina is Regent's Professor of Spanish and Director of the National Center for Interpretation at the University of Arizona. Her areas of expertise in Translation Studies are translation pedagogy, translation quality, and translation in language teaching. She is the author of Fundamentals of Translation (2015), Spanish Phonology (2009), and Translation Teaching (2003).

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• Preface; 1. The term 'translation': concept, definitions and usage; 2. The functions of translation: functionalism; 3. The functions of translation: pragmatics; 4. Texts and translations; 5. Reading and translation; 6. Social aspects of translating; 7. Translation quality; 8. The translator; Answer key; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.