Linguistics for Translators

Ali Almanna is Associate Professor of Translation Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar. He is the series editor of Routledge Studies in Arabic Translation. His recent publications include Translation as a Set of Frames (2021), The Arabic-English Translator as Photographer (2019), and The Routledge Course in Translation Annotation (2016).Juliane House is Professor Emeritus, Hamburg University, Germany; Professor at the Hungarian Research Centre of Linguistics, Budapest; Past President of the International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies; and Director of the PhD in Language and Communication, Hellenic American University. Her translation-relevant publications include Translation: The Basics (2018), Translation as Communication across Languages and Cultures (2016), and Translation Quality Assessment (2015).

Yet another success story in the world of academic publishing. Linguistics for Translators is a major undertaking. To reconcile the two perspectives (sentence and text linguistics) and come up with a product relevant to both translator and linguist, is a mammoth task, executed seamlessly and most effectively.Emeritus Professor Basil Hatim, American University of Sharjah, UAELinguistics for Translators is a valuable addition to a field where theory and practice are closely intertwined. The authors review a wide range of linguistic concepts that are of relevance for the translator and illustrate them with clear, up-to-date examples in many languages. Frequent questions and tasks test and enhance the reader’s understanding.Jeremy Munday, Professor Emeritus in Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UKAlmanna and House adopt a perspective in their Linguistics for Translators which shows convincingly that systematic knowledge of language is a fascinating and necessary resource for understanding translation. They maintain contact with questions arising in translation studies through their valuable linguistic orientation with a strong pedagogical focus. A timely and most welcome contribution to the field.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Steiner (i.R./ em.), Translation Studies Englisch, Saarland University, Dept. of Language Science and Technology.Linguistics for Translators by Almanna and House provides a ground-breaking contribution to translation studies. It reinstates linguistics to the forefront of the field, by demonstrating its crucial importance for understanding what goes on in translation. This book is a must-read for academics, teachers, practitioners and students.Dániel Z. Kádár, Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea, Chair Professor, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China, and Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics

• Introduction Chapter 1 : Setting the scene Chapter 2: Phonetics & phonology Chapter 3: MorphologyChapter 4: Morphological processesChapter 5: Syntax Chapter 6: Semantics Chapter 7: Discourse analysisChapter 8: Pragmatics Chapter 9: Functional linguisticsChapter 10: Sociolinguistics Chapter 11: Language variation Chapter 12: Cognitive linguistics